US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on July 14 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,080, issued on July 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hung Manh Vu (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, a reading unit, a document cover and a lock part. The reading unit is provided on an upper portion of the apparatus main body in an openable and closable manner, and readable an image of a document. The document cover is provided on an upper portion of the reading unit in an openable and closable manner, and presses the document placed on the reading unit. The lock part holds one of the rea...