ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,218, issued on March 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Fixing device" was invented by Tomoaki Tanto (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt, a heater provided inside of the fixing belt, a rotatable pressing member contacting an outer peripheral surface of the fixing belt and configured to form a fixing nip portion, and a holding member to hold the heater by an adhesive. The holding member includes a first portion to which the adhesive is applied and a second portion in a region different from the first portion. In a state in which the fixing device is a new state, the heater ...