ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,676, issued on June 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Pressure retaining member and laser scanning unit" was invented by Shingo Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure retaining member is formed by bending a metal plate. The pressure retaining member includes: a body portion supported by a housing; and two pressing portions which are connected to the body portion, can be elastically deformed, and press an optical element toward a retaining portion of the housing. One of the two pressing portions is formed with a restriction portion which restricts a depth with which the other...