Patent ID: 11906917
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A fixing device comprising:
a tubular member extending in an axial direction;
a heater having a first surface in contact with an inner surface of the tubular member, the first surface facing in a first thickness direction,
the heater including a 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.