US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on March 17 for "Image forming apparatus including developing guide for guiding attachment and detachment of developing cartridge to and from main body housing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,676, issued on March 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including developing guide for guiding attachment and detachment of developing cartridge to and from main body housing" was invented by Yasuo Fukamachi (Nagoya, Japan), Kazutoshi Nakamura (Kuwana, Japan) and Masaaki Furukawa (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a main body housing; a developing cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body housing; a drum cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body housing; and a developing guide for guiding attachment and detac...