US Patent Issued to RICOH on Dec. 30 for "Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,853, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Heating device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Yoshio Konno (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes a roller and a pressure member. The roller includes a base body, a thermal capacitor, and a heater. The base body extends from a center portion to each end portions of the roller in a longitudinal direction of the roller. The thermal capacitor is disposed on each of the end portions of the roller. The thermal capacitor has a larger thermal capacity than the base body. The heater is disposed inside the base...