ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,187, issued on March 31, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shuma Hiasa (Kanagawa, Japan), Tomoya Tateishi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Jumpei Nitta (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a rotary which is rotatable and to which a cartridge is detachably attached, a drive source, a transmission device, a moving device configured to be driven by driving force of the drive source transmitted via the transmission device to move the cartridge, the moving device including a driven portion that is provided in the rotary and is configured to receive the drivin...