US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Nov. 3 for "Image forming apparatus including process cartridge and cover" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,865, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including process cartridge and cover" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first cover is pivotable between a first cover closed position and a first cover open position about a first pivot axis located at a pivotal end. A process cartridge includes a reception port configured to receive toner from a toner container. A cover main body includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends in a vertical direction in a state where the first cover is located at the first cover closed ...