US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on Oct. 27 for "Fixing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,229, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Fixing device" was invented by Shota Iriyama (Toyokawa, Japan) and Yasuhiro Hosokawa (Niwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a heating member, a pressure member, a first side frame, a second side frame, a connection frame, an external connector, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, an intermediate circuit board, a first cable, a second cable, and a third cable. The fixing device is installable into a main housing of an image forming apparatus. The heating member and the pressure member are configured to nip a ...