US Patent Issued to Canon on Aug. 4 for "Heating apparatus and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,340, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Heating apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Tsuguhiro Yoshida (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Nakamoto (Tokyo) and Toshiyuki Watanabe (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating apparatus includes a tubular film, a heater, a first support member including a first regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a first end of the film, a second support member including a second regulation surface, and configured to rotatably support a second end of the film, and a holding unit configured to hold the heater and determine a position of the hea...