US Patent Issued to Canon on July 28 for "Heating device and image forming apparatus having a heating device with first and second modes" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,616, issued on July 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Heating device and image forming apparatus having a heating device with first and second modes" was invented by Shizuma Nishimura (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating device includes first and second heat generating members, and first and second thermistors. A controller is capable of switching the heating device to a first mode in which the temperature of the first heat generating member is controlled based on the detecting result of the first thermistor and the temperature of the second heat generating member is controlled depending on control of the ...