ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,655, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Heating device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Motoyasu Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes an elongated heater, a first holding member configured to hold the heater, a power shut-off member configured to shut off power supply to the heater, a second holding member configured to hold the power shut-off member, a first urging member configured to press the power shut-off member against the heater, and a regulation member configured to regulate a position of the second holding member, wherein, in a longitudinal dire...