US Patent Issued to RICOH on Aug. 5 for "Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,684, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same" was invented by Takuya Seshita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takahiro Imada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a heater, a temperature responsive element, and a fastener. The pressure rotator presses the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The heater heats the fixing rotator. The temperature responsive element is exposed outside the fixing device and fixed to the fastener. The fastene...