ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,004, issued on April 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Morishita (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a body housing, an opening and closing unit, an image carrier, a transfer roller, a power supply line, a power supply line side contact and a transfer roller side contact. The body housing has an opening. The opening and closing unit can be opened and closed in the opening. The image carrier is provided in the body housing. The transfer roller is provided in the opening and closing unit. The power supply lin...