Patent ID: 9563158
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G03G,H05B

Claim:
1. A fuser heater within a printing device, said heater comprising: conductive traces; and a resistive trace having a first end and a second end, said resistive trace being connected to a first conductive trace at said first end and a second conductive trace at said second end and forming an electrical connection between said conductive traces and said resistive trace, said resistive trace further comprising a tap between said first end and said second end, said tap connecting said resistive trace to a third conductive trace at a point between said first end and said second end and forming an electrical connection between said third conductive trace and said resistive trace, said tap comprising a portion of said resistive trace having a cross section relatively larger than the remainder of said resistive trace by having multiple branches extending out of said resistive trace, a gap being formed between each of said branches, said third conductive trace being connected to said tap around said branches.