US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Dec. 9 for "Heating unit including clip engaged with stay and holder supporting heater to restrict detachment of heater from holder" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,254, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Heating unit including clip engaged with stay and holder supporting heater to restrict detachment of heater from holder" was invented by Yuichi Ikeno (Maibara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating unit includes a heater, an endless belt circularly movable around the heater, a holder, a stay, and a clip. The heater includes a base plate elongated in a long-side direction, and a resistance heating element provided on the base plate. The endless belt has an inner circumferential surface in contact with a first surface of the heater. The holder supports ...