US Patent Issued to Canon on April 14 for "Cartridge and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,006, issued on April 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge and image forming apparatus" was invented by Isao Koishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinjiro Toba (Kanagawa, Japan), Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinichi Nishida (Kanagawa, Japan), Yuichi Fukui (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasuyuki Egami (Tokyo), Toshiki Fujino (Kanagawa, Japan), Akinobu Hirayama (Shizuoka, Japan), Teruhiko Sasaki (Shizuoka, Japan), Tachio Kawai (Tokyo) and Daisuke Abe (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a first unit including a photosensitive member and a first frame; a second unit including a developing member and a second...