ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,672, issued on May 6, was assigned to NIFCO INC. (Yokosuka, Japan).
"Supporting apparatus for imaging device, and imaging apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Saito (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporting apparatus for an imaging device, for supporting the imaging device includes a heating device having a heat generating portion, and a supporting portion for supporting the heating device, wherein the heating device is provided on a surface of a heating subject side in the supporting portion, and the surface of the supporting portion includes one or a plurality of non-contact portions which do not contact the heat ...