US Patent Issued to Canon on April 14 for "Image forming apparatus to reduce positional deviation between doors" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,002, issued on April 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus to reduce positional deviation between doors" was invented by Tomofumi Sakuma (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a first door configured to pivot about a first pivot shaft in a left-right direction, an inside thereof being accessible in a state where the first door is open, and a second door configured to pivot about a second pivot shaft in the left-right direction, the inside thereof being accessible in a state where the second door is open. The first door includes a first fitting portion configured ...