US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 15 for "Fixing device and image forming apparatus in which movement of sensor holding member relative to heater holding member is restricted by sensor holding member being engaged with heater holding member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,901, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Fixing device and image forming apparatus in which movement of sensor holding member relative to heater holding member is restricted by sensor holding member being engaged with heater holding member" was invented by Tomohiro Watatani (Osaka, Japan) and Masakazu Uehara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heating device, and a pressurizing member. The heating device includes a heater holding member, a temperature sensor that faces a heater and is disposed in the heater holding member, and a senso...