US Patent Issued to Canon on June 10 for "Heating apparatus, fixing unit, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,681, issued on June 10, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Heating apparatus, fixing unit, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating apparatus includes a rotary member, a heater configured to heat the rotary member, and a holding unit configured to hold a first end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the rotary member. The holding unit includes a movable member including a first surface configured to face and come into contact with an inner circumferential surface of the rotary member, and a second surface configured to face and come into contact wit...