US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Image heating device and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,807, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image heating device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Nozomu Nakajima (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image heating device includes a fixing member, a heater configured to heat the fixing member, and a heater control circuit configured to control the heater. The image heating device is configured to heat a toner image formed on a sheet. The heater includes a base substrate and a heat generating unit, the heat generating unit being provided on the base substrate and configured to generate heat when powered. The heater control circuit includes a...