ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,952, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Fixing device and image processing device" was invented by Kousei Miyashita (Sunto Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a tubular body and a heater unit inside the tubular body. The heater unit has a longitudinal direction parallel to an axial direction of the tubular body. A first surface side of the heater unit contacts the tubular body. A heat equalizing member is on a second surface side of the heater unit. The heater unit is between the heat equalizing member and the tubular body. The heat equalizing...