Fixing device and image forming apparatus provided with fixing device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAKITOMO MIYAMOTO
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Abstract
A fixing device that fixes a toner image formed on a recording medium includes a fixing heater, at least one fixing sensor configured to acquire information about the fixing device, a drawer connector, and a relay board configured to relay a connection between the fixing sensor and the drawer connector, wherein the relay board includes a first terminal and a second terminal that are connected to the fixing sensor, a third terminal and a fourth terminal that are connected to the drawer connector, and a wiring pattern that electrically connects the first terminal, the second terminal, the third terminal, and the fourth terminal to one another.
Claims10
A fixing device configured to fix a toner image formed on a recording medium, the fixing device comprising:
- a fixing heater;
- at least one sensor configured to acquire information about the fixing device;
- a drawer connector;
- and
- a relay board configured to relay a connection between the at least one sensor and the drawer connector,
- wherein the relay board includes:
- a first terminal and a second terminal that are connected to the at least one sensor;
- a third terminal and a fourth terminal that are connected to the drawer connector;
- and
- a wiring pattern electrically connecting the first terminal, the second terminal, the third terminal, and the fourth terminal to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.