ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,218, issued on March 24, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Connector member" was invented by Sasuke Endo (Chigasaki Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector member connectable to a heating unit inside a heating roller of a fixing device includes a cover having a recess into which an end of a substrate of the heating unit in a first direction parallel to a rotation axis of the heating roller can be inserted, and an energizing terminal stored in the cover and including a contact portion on one side of the recess and to be in contact with a contact point on the substrate, and a connecting portion to which a c...