US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Aug. 5 for "Drum cartridge including first memory having first electrical contact surface and second memory having second electrical contact surface and process cartridge including developing cartridge and the drum cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,690, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Drum cartridge including first memory having first electrical contact surface and second memory having second electrical contact surface and process cartridge including developing cartridge and the drum cartridge" was invented by Yasuo Fukamachi (Nagoya, Japan) and Shinya Kusuda (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame; a photosensitive drum; a first memory; and second memory. A developing cartridge including a developing roller is attachable to the drum frame. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a first axis...