US 12,332,590 B2
Fixing device
Ryota Saeki, Sunto Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/410,750.
Application 18/410,750 is a continuation of application No. 17/943,656, filed on Sep. 13, 2022, granted, now 11,906,917.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142905 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2053 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing device comprising:
a tubular member extending in an axial direction;
a substrate having a first surface facing toward an inner surface of the tubular member in a first thickness direction,
the substrate including a cut section at which the substrate is disconnected from a base material, the cut section being positioned at an end portion of the substrate in a first lateral direction, the substrate extending longitudinally along the axial direction; and
a support in contact with the inner surface of the tubular member, the support including:
a projection longitudinally overlapping at least a portion of the cut section; and
a low section longitudinally offset from the projection,
the projection extending further in the first thickness direction than the low section and the first surface.