US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Business Innovation on June 17 for "Heating device with protective component protecting heat pipe, heating process apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,589, issued on June 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. (Tokyo).

"Heating device with protective component protecting heat pipe, heating process apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Kenji Kugaya (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes a heat generation unit that has a heat generation portion generating heat along a longitudinal direction, and heats a heated body; a heat pipe that extends along the longitudinal direction of the heat generation portion by being in contact with the heat generation unit or the heated body; and a holding unit that holds...