US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Sept. 2 for "Developing cartridge capable of reducing size of image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,552, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Developing cartridge capable of reducing size of image forming apparatus" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Junichi Yokoi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing cartridge may include: a casing configured to accommodate developer therein, the casing extending in the first direction; a coupling rotatable about a first axis extending in the first direction, the coupling being positioned at one side of the casing in the first direction; a detection gear rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction, the detecti...