Patent ID: 7672631
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. A heater element adapted to heat a belt in a fuser assembly comprising: laterally spaced-apart first and second features, said first feature having a first inner surface and said second feature having a second inner surface facing said first inner surface, wherein at least a majority portion of at least one of said first and second inner surfaces is positioned at an oblique angle relative to a reference line extending substantially perpendicular to a path a media sheet moves along as it passes through the fuser assembly; a substrate having first and second outer surfaces, the first and second features being provided on said substrate first outer surface; material provided on said substrate first outer surface, a first portion of said material provided on said substrate first outer surface defining one or more elements generating heat when passing a current, the first and second features being electrically isolated from the one or more elements generating heat; and one or more glass layers provided over said material and at least one section of said substrate first outer surface not including said material.