US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,405, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomoya Tateishi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shuma Hiasa (Kanagawa, Japan), Jumpei Nitta (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a support member to which a cartridge is detachably attached and which is movable, a detection portion configured to output a signal and configured such that the signal changes in a case where the support member on which the cartridge is supported is moved from the second position toward the first position, a drive sou...