US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Feb. 17 for "Developing device including toner concentration sensor that detects toner concentration in developer and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,213, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Developing device including toner concentration sensor that detects toner concentration in developer and image forming apparatus" was invented by Junichi Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan), Yuji Toyota (Osaka, Japan) and Takeru Nagamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a development container, a first conveyance member, a second conveyance member, a developer carrier, and a toner concentration sensor. The first conveyance member and the second conveyance member are rotatably supported in the development container, an...