ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,117, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Canon Finetech Nisca Inc. (Saitama, Japan).
"Image forming system" was invented by Koji Kanda (Yamanashi, Japan), Yusuke Mitsui (Yamanashi, Japan) and Toshiyuki Katsumata (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an image forming system, a processing unit 120 is provided in an in-body space of an image forming apparatus 1 in a detachably attachable manner, and the image forming apparatus 1 and the processing unit 120 are electrically connected using a drawer connector on a rear side of the in-body space. The processing unit 120 is supported by a movable frame 222 of a slide rail 220, ...