Heater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12345472-B2
Application number	US-202016918081-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2020
Priority date	Jul 5, 2019
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

A heater includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface relative to the substrate; a first heating pattern disposed on a first-surface side of the substrate; a second heating pattern disposed on the first-surface side of the substrate and located at a position different from a position of the first heating pattern; a first terminal to which electricity is to be supplied; a first power-supply pattern electrically connecting the first terminal and the first heating pattern to each other and disposed on a second-surface side of the substrate; and a first electrically-continuous portion extending through the substrate and electrically connecting the first power-supply pattern and the first heating pattern to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heater, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface relative to the substrate;
a first heating pattern constituted by a heating resistor and disposed on a first-surface side of the substrate;
a second heating pattern constituted by a heating resistor, disposed on the first-surface side of the substrate, and located at a position that is different from a position of the first heating pattern in a longitudinal direction of the substrate;
a first terminal to which electricity is to be supplied, the first terminal being disposed such that the second heating pattern is interposed between the first terminal and the first heating pattern in the longitudinal direction of the substrate;
a first power-supply pattern electrically connecting the first terminal and the first heating pattern to each other and disposed on a second-surface side of the substrate; and
a first electrical connector extending through the substrate and electrically connecting the first power-supply pattern and the first heating pattern to each other,
wherein the first heating pattern and the second heating pattern each comprise
a first portion extending in a first direction, and
a second portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction,

wherein the first electrical connector is located on an inner side of an outermost portion of the first heating pattern in a widthwise direction of the substrate that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction and parallel to the first surface of the substrate,
wherein the first electrical connector is disposed such that the second heating pattern is interposed between the first electrical connector and the first terminal in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the first electrical connector is located between a first outermost portion of the first heating pattern and a second outermost portion of the first heating pattern in the widthwise direction, the first outermost portion of the first heating pattern being closer to a first end of the substrate than to a second end of the substrate in the widthwise direction, the second outermost portion of the first heating pattern in the widthwise direction being closer to the second end of the substrate than to the first end of the substrate in the widthwise direction,
wherein the first heating pattern includes:
a first heating line extending in the widthwise direction of the substrate;
a second heating line extending in the widthwise direction of the substrate and spaced away from the first heating line in the longitudinal direction of the substrate;
a third heating line extending in the longitudinal direction of the substrate; and
a fourth heating line extending in the longitudinal direction of the substrate and spaced away from the third heating line in the widthwise direction of the substrate, and

wherein the first electrical connector is located between the first heating line and the second heating line, the first electrical connector being located between the third heating line and the fourth heating line.

2. The heater according to claim 1 , wherein a region in which the second heating pattern is formed in the longitudinal direction does not overlap a region in which the first heating pattern is formed in the longitudinal direction.

3. The heater according to claim 1 , wherein when projected in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, the second heating pattern overlaps the first power-supply pattern.

4. The heater according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical connector is connected to a portion of the first heating pattern which is farther from the second heating pattern than a portion of the first heating pattern which is nearest to the second heating pattern in the longitudinal direction.

5. The heater according to claim 1 , further comprising:
two second heating patterns each as the second heating pattern, the two second heating patterns being formed respectively at two regions, between which the first heating pattern is interposed in the longitudinal direction;
a second power-supply pattern electrically connecting the two second heating patterns, formed respectively at the two regions, to each other and disposed on the second-surface side of the substrate; and
a second electrical connector extending through the substrate and electrically connecting the second power-supply pattern and each of the two second heating patterns to each other.

6. The heater according to claim 5 , further comprising two first terminals each as the first terminal,
wherein each of the two first terminals is disposed such that a corresponding one of the two second heating patterns is interposed between the first heating pattern and said each of the two first terminals in the longitudinal direction.

7. The heater according to claim 5 , wherein when projected in a direction orthogonal to the first surface, the first heating pattern overlaps the second power-supply pattern.

8. The heater according to claim 5 , further comprising a second terminal configured to supply electricity to a corresponding one of the two second heating patterns and disposed such that the corresponding one of the two second heating patterns is interposed between the first heating pattern and the second terminal in the longitudinal direction.

9. The heater according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a hole in which the first electrical connector, formed of a conductive material, is located, and
wherein the heater further comprises
a first insulating layer formed between the first surface and the first heating pattern,
a second insulating layer formed between the second surface and the first power-supply pattern, and
a third insulating layer formed between the first electrical connector and an inner circumferential surface of the hole.

10. The heater according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is disposed on the second-surface side of the substrate.

11. A heater, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface relative to the substrate;
a first heating pattern constituted by a heating resistor and disposed on a first-surface side of the substrate;
a second heating pattern constituted by a heating resistor, disposed on the first-surface side of the substrate, and located at a position that is different from a position of the first heating pattern in a longitudinal direction of the substrate;
a first terminal to which electricity is to be supplied, the first terminal being disposed such that the second heating pattern is interposed between the first terminal and the first heating pattern in the longitudinal direction of the substrate;
a first power-supply pattern electrically connecting the first terminal and the first heating pattern to each other and disposed on a second-surface side of the substrate;
a first electrical connector extending through the substrate and electrically connecting the first power-supply pattern and the first heating pattern to each other;
two second heating patterns each as the second heating pattern, the two second heating patterns being formed respectively at two regions, between which the first heating pattern is interposed in the longitudinal direction;
a second power-supply pattern electrically connecting the two second heating patterns formed respectively at the two regions, to each other, not electrically connected to the first heating pattern and disposed on the second-surface side of the substrate; and
a second electrical connector extending through the substrate and electrically connecting the second power-supply pattern and eac

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ishida Kei

Classifications

• B41J2/33515 Primary

  Heater layers · CPC title

• B41J2/345

  characterised by the arrangement of resistors or conductors · CPC title

• B41J2/3357

  Surface type resistors · CPC title

• B41J2/3354

  characterised by geometry · CPC title

• F28F3/025

  the means being corrugated, plate-like elements · CPC title