Patent ID: 7764914

Claim:
A fuser belt assembly of a xerographic marking device having a belt-nip fuser, comprising: an endless fuser belt having an inner side and an outer side, a pressure pad movable between a cammed-in position in which the pressure pad contacts an inner side of the fuser belt to press an outer side of the fuser belt against a fuser roll to form a fusing nip, and a cammed-out position in which the pressure pad does not press an outer side of the fuser belt against the fuser roll, wherein the pressure pad has two or more embedded pressure sensors for sensing a load of the pressure pad in the cammed-in position, the pressure pad comprises a pad portion having an upper surface that contacts the fuser belt and a base portion onto which a lower surface of the pad portion is mounted, and the sensors are positioned between the pad portion and the base portion.