ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,904, issued on July 29, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Heating unit including cable guide for restricting temperature sensor cables from contacting holder that supports heater" 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 temperature sensing element configured to detect a temperature of the heater, a cable connected to the temperature sensing element, a holder holding the heater and the temperature sensing element, and a cable guide holding the cable. The heater includes a base plate, and a re...