US Patent Issued to CANON on May 26 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,308, issued on May 26, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomoki Aoki (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an apparatus body, an opening/closing unit pivotably supported by the apparatus body, the opening/closing unit having an outside surface that forms a side surface of the apparatus body in a first direction, and a sheet supporting portion pivotably supported by the apparatus body, and a feeding member configured to feed the sheet. The opening/closing unit includes a grip portion configured to be gripped to move the openi...