US 11,860,559 B2
Temperature sensor, temperature detection device, and image forming apparatus
Hiroki Miyazaki, Saitama (JP); Morihisa Hamada, Saitama (JP); Yuki Ishii, Saitama (JP); Yuri Okada, Saitama (JP); and Ryota Murakoshi, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/068,230.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-011377 (JP), filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0244163 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G01K 7/18 (2006.01); G01K 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/205 (2013.01) [G01K 1/16 (2013.01); G01K 7/18 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A temperature sensor used in contact with a temperature measurement object, the temperature sensor comprising:
a thermosensitive element configured to detect a temperature of the temperature measurement object;
a heat collection member including an abutting portion configured to abut on the temperature measurement object, and configured to be thermally joined with the thermosensitive element; and
a holding member including a housing portion configured to house the heat collection member, wherein
the heat collection member is swingably held by the holding member, to maintain a state where the abutting portion abuts on the temperature measurement object.