ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,888, issued on Feb. 24, 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 restriction mechanism that restricts movement of a pin of an image formation unit within a cutaway of a housing, wherein the restriction mechanism includes: a pressing lever pivotally movable from a position of abutment on the pin at lateral to the cutaway toward a direction away from the cutaway; an opening/closing lever pivotally movable with a closing movement of the cover; and an elastic member disposed ...