ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,161, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Yasushi Takeuchi (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediary transfer belt, a primary transfer member, an electrode member, a first applying portion configured to apply, to the primary transfer member, a bias of a polarity opposite to a predetermined polarity, a second applying portion configured to apply, to the electrode member, a bias of the same polarity as the predetermined polarity, and a controller configured to control the second applying portion so...