US Patent Issued to Toshiba Tec on Nov. 11 for "Fixing device configured to determine whether there is an abnormality based on estimated temperature values" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,247, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fixing device configured to determine whether there is an abnormality based on estimated temperature values" was invented by Hiroshi Ota (Ota Tokyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fuser including a fixing member with a surface to contact a printable medium and a heat source for heating the fixing member. A temperature sensor is provided having a sensing part that contacts the surface of the fixing member. A heater control circuit is configured to estimate a temperature of the surface of the fixing member ba...