ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,991, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus including power supply unit adjacent to internal sheet discharge space" was invented by Noriyuki Takuwa (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image forming apparatus that is unlikely to fail due to heat from a power supply unit. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a space for internal sheet discharging, and a power supply unit provided in the housing and adjacent to the space."

The patent was filed on May 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/668,427.

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