ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,884, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Fixing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Toru Imaizumi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing film, a heater for heating the fixing film, a heater holder including a heater holding portion holding the heater, and a pressing roller forming a nip between itself and the fixing film to be heated by the heater. In the nip, a toner image carried on a recording material is fixed. The heater holder includes an opposing surface which is provided on a side upstream of the heater holding portion with respect to a recording...