US 12,436,486 B2
Fixing device including a conductor contacting an inner surface of a fixing rotator
Tamotsu Ikeda, Tokyo (JP); Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa (JP); Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa (JP); Seiji Saitoh, Kanagawa (JP); and Jun Okamoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Tamotsu Ikeda, Tokyo (JP); Yutaka Ikebuchi, Kanagawa (JP); Yuusuke Furuichi, Kanagawa (JP); Seiji Saitoh, Kanagawa (JP); and Jun Okamoto, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/605,881.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-045111 (JP), filed on Mar. 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319636 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 15/20 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/2017 (2013.01) [G03G 15/2053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixing device, comprising:
a fixing rotator;
a pressure rotator that presses the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip between the pressure rotator and the fixing rotator;
a planar heater that contacts an inner surface of the fixing rotator;
a holder that holds the heater and guides the fixing rotator;
a conductor that is grounded and contacts the inner surface of the fixing rotator; and
a support that supports the holder, wherein
the conductor includes a bent portion, and
the support has a shape which penetrates the bent portion.