US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Aug. 4 for "Image forming apparatus having circuit board installation in bottom surface" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,349, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus having circuit board installation in bottom surface" was invented by Masataka Kamiya (Iwakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a main housing, a sheet tray, and a first circuit board removably installed in the main housing. The main housing accommodates the image forming unit and has a bottom surface, a first side surface on one side, and a second side surface on another side. A first side cover forms the first side surface, and a second side cover of the image forming unit...