US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Feb. 3 for "Image forming apparatus including fixing device and controller for driving fixing device, including heating process to raise temperature of heating unit of fixing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,162, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including fixing device and controller for driving fixing device, including heating process to raise temperature of heating unit of fixing device" was invented by Takuya Nishimura (Nukata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device, a motor, and a controller. The fixing device includes a heating unit and a first temperature sensor. The controller is configured to perform driving the fixing device. The driving includes a heating process. The controller is further configured to perform, during...