US Patent Issued to Canon on March 3 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,400, issued on March 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Toshihiko Takayama (Kanagawa, Japan), Shuichi Tetsuno (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinsuke Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroko Katagiri (Tokyo) and Mikihiko Hamada (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charging member, a developing member, a transfer member, first and second gears, a drive source, and a control unit. The charging member contacts the photosensitive drum and forms a charging portion to charge a surface of the photosensitive drum. The control unit performs co...