US Patent Issued to RICOH on Dec. 16 for "Attachment structure, electronic device, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,665, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Attachment structure, electronic device, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroaki Nieda (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An attachment structure includes a positioning shaft of a functional expansion unit attachable to an electronic device; a lock member of the functional expansion unit; a positioning hole, into which the positioning shaft of the functional expansion unit is insertable in an attachment direction, in the electronic device; a lock-engageable part of the electronic device, the lock-engageable part engageable with the lock mem...