US Patent Issued to Canon on April 1 for "Image forming apparatus having grounded fixing member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,355, issued on April 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having grounded fixing member" was invented by Koji An (Saitama, Japan) and Shinji Katagiri (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer member, a power source, a detecting portion, a controller, an environment detecting portion, and a contact member. In a case that an absolute water content acquired on the basis of environmental information is a predetermined threshold or more, the controller sets a limit voltage on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion in ...