US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on Aug. 12 for "Fixing device including elastic plate for nipping endless belt in cooperation with heating roller, and holder having supporting surfaces for supporting elastic plate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,298, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Fixing device including elastic plate for nipping endless belt in cooperation with heating roller, and holder having supporting surfaces for supporting elastic plate" was invented by Mingguang Zhang (Nagoya, Japan) and Tokifumi Tanaka (Komaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a heating roller and a pressure unit configured to nip a sheet therebetween to thermally fix a toner image onto the sheet. The pressure unit includes: an endless belt; an elastic plate; and a holder having an upstream supporting surface and a downstream supp...