ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,592, issued on June 17, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Fixing device including heater retention member, having slits formed on face opposing inner circumferential surface of fixing belt, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan), Ryohei Tokunaga (Osaka, Japan), Akihiro Kondo (Osaka, Japan), Yuta Kitabayashi (Osaka, Japan), Rina Kikugawa (Osaka, Japan), Shunsaku Fujii (Osaka, Japan) and Yuto Masaoka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing belt formed in a cylindrical shape, with a lubricant applied to an inner circumferential sur...