US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Aug. 26 for "Fixing device for image forming apparatus with retention member having groove for retaining lubricant" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,451, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fixing device for image forming apparatus with retention member having groove for retaining lubricant" was invented by Yuta Kitabayashi (Osaka, Japan), Ryohei Tokunaga (Osaka, Japan), Hiroki Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan), Shunsaku Fujii (Osaka, Japan), Rina Kikugawa (Osaka, Japan), Akihiro Kondo (Osaka, Japan), Yuto Masaoka (Osaka, Japan) and Tomohiro Watatani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a fixing device, a heater heats an endless rotatable fixing belt. A retention member includes a groove for retaining a lubricant and retains the he...