US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 8 for "Fuser" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,398, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Fuser" was invented by Kei Ishida (Inuyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuser includes a rotatable heating member, a heater with a first surface and a second surface, a rotatable pressing member, a heat-conductive member, and a holder with a first holder surface and a second holder surface. In a conveying direction, a dimension of the heat-conductive member is greater than a dimension of the heater. The first holder surface supports the second surface of the heater. The second holder surface is located at least either upstream or downstream of the...