ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,102, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Masaki Inagaki (Shizuoka, Japan) and Junya Kobayashi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply apparatus includes a transformer including primary and secondary windings, a first switching element connected to the primary winding in series, a second switching element connected to the primary winding in parallel, a first capacitor connected to the second switching element in series, and connected to the primary winding in parallel together with the second switching element, and a control ...