US Patent Issued to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS on May 20 for "Fixation heating circuit and image forming device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,336, issued on May 20, was assigned to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Fixation heating circuit and image forming device" was invented by Xing Peng (Zhuhai, China) and Zhaoxing Miao (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation heating circuit includes a mains power interface; a switch circuit, a heater, and a temperature detection circuit that are connected to each other to form a heating loop. The fixation heating circuit further includes a switch control circuit; a thermistor reception terminal; and a thermistor insertion terminal. The thermistor insertion terminal includes first to fourth insertion...