ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,501, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Nichicon Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power supply device provided in image formation device" was invented by Yasuhiro Iwasaki (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a power supply device 10A capable of achieving power savings in an image formation device without sacrificing necessary noise removal. The power supply device 10A includes a filter portion 20, a main power supply portion 30 configured to supply power to an image formation portion 50 using alternating current power supplied via the filter portion 20, and a heater power supply portion 40 configured to sup...