Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric heating device with endless belt
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Application No.: US17782740Application Date: 2020-10-15
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Publication No.: US11803148B2Publication Date: 2023-10-31
- Inventor: Manabu Ono
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP 19225630 2019.12.13
- International Application: PCT/US2020/055710 2020.10.15
- International Announcement: WO2021/118684A 2021.06.17
- Date entered country: 2022-06-06
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; H05B3/54 ; B82Y30/00

Abstract:
An electrothermal heating device for heating a print medium includes an endless belt, a first electrode and a second electrode. The endless belt rotates in a rotational direction about a rotation axis that defines an axial direction, so as to generate heat when the endless belt rotates and is supplied with power. The endless belt includes a base portion made of a nanocomposite material having a carbon filler. The first and second electrodes are in contact with the base portion of the endless belt. The first and second electrodes extend in the axial direction of the endless belt, and are spaced apart in the rotational direction of the endless belt. A volume resistivity of the base portion of the endless belt in the rotational direction is less than a volume resistivity of the base portion in the axial direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230017998A1 ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE WITH ENDLESS BELT Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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