US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on April 22 for "Process cartridge including drum cartridge having first holder, developing cartridge having second holder, and plate for connecting first holder and second holder to each other" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,290, issued on April 22, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Process cartridge including drum cartridge having first holder, developing cartridge having second holder, and plate for connecting first holder and second holder to each other" was invented by Yasuo Fukamachi (Nagoya, Japan), Junya Sumida (Ama, Japan), Kazutoshi Nakamura (Kuwana, Japan), Hideshi Nishiyama (Owariasahi, Japan) and Shinya Kusuda (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process cartridge includes: a drum cartridge; a developing cartridge; and a plate. The drum cartridge includes: a drum frame; a photosensitive drum; a first holder; and a...