US Patent Issued to RICOH on July 8 for "Fixing device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,150, issued on July 8, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Yoshinaga (Chiba, Japan), Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Takashi Seto (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryohei Matsuda (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryohhei Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, a heat source, and a reflecting member. The pressing member presses and contacts an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member. The heat source is disposed inside a loop of the fixing member. The reflecting member includes a reflecting porti...