ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,559, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Fixing device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Shun Toriumi (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heat source, a fixing pad, and a support member. In the support member, a fixture and an upright are integrally formed, and the fixing pad is fixed in a rotation axis direction of the fixing belt. The upright is upright from a side opposite to the fixing pad in a width direction orthogonal to the rotation axis direction of the fixture, and a plurality of connections between the fixture and the upright is provid...