US Patent Issued to RICOH on April 14 for "Frame device including separate support frames and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,995, issued on April 14, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Frame device including separate support frames and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hitoshi Fujiwara (Tokyo), Yutaka Ikebuchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shigeo Nanno (Kyoto, Japan), Hiromasa Takagi (Tokyo) and Yuusuke Furuichi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame device includes a body frame and a rotator that rotates in a rotation direction. A first support frame supports one lateral end of the rotator in a longitudinal direction of the rotator. The first support frame includes a first attachment portion that is attached to the body frame. A se...