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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Tab Alan Tress, Henrietta, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods to enable a fuser heater within a printing device. The heater includes conductive traces and a resistive trace having a first end and a second end. The resistive trace is connected to the conductive traces at each of the first end and the second end and forms an electrical connection between the conductive traces and the resistive trace. The resistive trace further includes a tap between the first end and the second end, connecting the resistive trace to one of the conductive traces and forming an electrical connection between the one of the conductive traces and the resistive trace. The tap comprises multiple branches extending out of the resistive trace. A gap is formed between each of the branches.