ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,395, issued on March 3, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Sasuke Endo (Chigasaki Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a motor that drives a fixing device; and a controller. The motor outputs a signal corresponding to a driving current value of the motor. The controller performs a first operation where a magnitude value of the signal has fallen out of a first range while driving the motor in a first operation mode. The controller performs a second operation where the magnitude value of the signal has fallen out ...