US Patent Issued to RICOH on Feb. 17 for "Biasing force adjusting device, transfer device, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,186, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Biasing force adjusting device, transfer device, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Yutaka Goto (Kanagawa, Japan), Seiichi Kogure (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroshi Kikuchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideki Kimura (Kanagawa, Japan), Yutaka Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Shimada (Kanagawa, Japan), Yusuke Ishizuka (Kanagawa, Japan), Takuya Akiyama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuuki Aoki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biasing force adjusting device includes a roller, a roller holder, a first biasing member, and a second biasing member. The roller faces a mover. The ...