US Patent Issued to Canon on May 13 for "Fixing film and method of producing same, fixing device, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,694, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fixing film and method of producing same, fixing device, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" was invented by Akeshi Asaka (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing film including: a substrate having a cylindrical shape; a sliding layer that is formed on an inner peripheral surface side of the substrate and includes a polyimide resin; and a release layer that is formed on an outer peripheral surface side of the substrate, wherein the sliding layer has a first film and a second film laminated in the stated order from a side closer to the substrate, whe...