US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on July 28 for "Packing member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,066, issued on July 28, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Packing member" was invented by Keiko Yasuda (Toyohashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing member packs a fixing device which is detachable from and attachable to an image forming apparatus. The packing member allows a user to grip the fixing device by being interposed between the fixing unit mounted on the image forming apparatus and the user. The packing member includes a cover part covering the fixing device, and a left gripping part and a right gripping part which are provided as a pair in the left and right of the cover part and grip a gripped par...