US Patent Issued to RICOH on Oct. 28 for "Heating apparatus, image forming apparatus, and liquid discharge apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,139, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Heating apparatus, image forming apparatus, and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Akitomo Kuwabara (Kanagawa, Japan), Noriaki Takenaga (Tokyo), Hiroshi Takaki (Tokyo), Makoto Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kohji Kuwana (Kanagawa, Japan), Junichi Moribe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takuto Kido (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a liquid discharge apparatus. The heating apparatus includes a heating roller having a heat source inside, an end holder in which a portion of the heat source is disposed, the ...