ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,983, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including main body casing, fixing device attachable thereto, and spring configured to press boss of fixing device in attached state to main body casing" was invented by Misato Osuka (Nagoya, Japan), Daisuke Ishizuka (Nagoya, Japan) and Shota Iriyama (Toyokawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a main body casing, a fixing device, and a spring. The fixing device is attachable to the main body casing from one side toward an other side in a first direction. The main body casing includes a first rec...