Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing apparatus having power supply members including portions with different linear expansion coefficients
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Application No.: US17846473Application Date: 2022-06-22
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Publication No.: US11809111B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Takafumi Suzuki , Kazushi Nishikata
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP 20091436 2020.05.26
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus according includes: a heater that includes a substrate, a heating element provided on the substrate, and an electrode provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the heating element; and a power supply member that includes a first member bonded or coupled to the electrode to supply power to the heating element and a second member bonded or coupled to an opposite surface of the first member to a surface, which is bonded or coupled to the electrode, of the first member, wherein the heater generates heat by power supplied via the power supply member, and an image formed on a recording material is heated by heat of the heater; and a liner expansion coefficient of the first member is different from a liner expansion coefficient of the second member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220326644A1 FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-10-13
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