G03G 2215/2016
Heating belt
G03G2215/2016 (Heating belt) appears on 3,026 US grants and 3,201 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
- 3,026
- Published applications
- 3,201
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 2,667
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03G 2215/2035The fixing nip having a stationary belt support member opposing a pressureIndexing code1,887
- G03G 2215/2025The fixing nip having a rotating belt support member opposing a pressureIndexing code962
- G03G 2215/2022The fixing nip having both a stationary and a rotating belt supportIndexing code165
- G03G 2215/2041The fixing nip being formed by tensioning the belt over a surfaceIndexing code143
- G03G 2215/2019The belt not heating the toner or medium directlyIndexing code107
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus that controls heater of fixing device, according to size of recording sheet6 Oct 2026US 12,754,498 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Heater including heat generating pattern and electrode having connector therebetween6 Oct 2026US 12,754,500 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus that can predict a life of the fixing roller6 Oct 2026US 12,754,505 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus having a pipe to send air to an air nozzle29 Sep 2026US 12,748,365 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fusing based on belt temperature29 Sep 2026US 12,748,366 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Digitally printed and produced heat transfer and method of manufacture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299467 A1Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
- Fixing device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299469 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Fixing device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299474 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fixing device and image forming apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0277140 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Heater and image heating device mounted with heater10 Sep 2026US 2026/0267261 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image fixing apparatus with movable sheet member and detectors117US 5,149,941 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Full-color toner image fixing method and apparatus98US 6,363,229 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2002
- Fixing device using an induction heating unit95US 6,078,781 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2000
- Image fixing device, image forming apparatus providing the image fixing device and rotor used in the image fixing device and having induction coil inside90US 5,832,354 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Fixing device with induction heating unit86US 6,087,641 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 2000