US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on April 21 for "Toner cartridge including memory holder cover having pawl engaged with hook of gear cover" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,959, issued on April 21, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Toner cartridge including memory holder cover having pawl engaged with hook of gear cover" was invented by Ryuji Noda (Toyokawa, Japan) and Keita Shimizu (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner cartridge includes: a toner casing configured to accommodate toner therein; a toner memory; a memory holder holding the toner memory; a memory holder cover, a gear positioned at an outer surface of the toner casing; and a gear cover. The memory holder cover movably holds the memory holder. The memory holder cover has a pawl. The gear cover is positione...