ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,419, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Fixing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Kei Ishida (Inuyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a heater including a substrate and a resistance heating element disposed on the substrate, an endless belt, a first temperature sensor disposed at a position opposed to the heater and configured to detect a temperature at a center part of the heater in a longitudinal direction of the heater; and a second temperature sensor disposed at a position opposed to the heater and configured to detect a temperature at an end part ...