ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,906, issued on July 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Fixing member and fixing unit" was invented by Yusaku Iwasawa (Shizuoka, Japan) and Takaaki Tsuruya (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing member includes a conductive layer that generates heat when a circulation current in a circumferential direction of the fixing member having a tubular shape is induced. The conductive layer includes segments arranged in a row in a longitudinal direction of the tubular shape and electrically separated from each other. Each segment is formed continuously over an entire circumference of the tubular shape in the circumferen...