US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Dec. 16 for "Image forming apparatus and process cartridge with separatable developing roller from photoconductor drum" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,666, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and process cartridge with separatable developing roller from photoconductor drum" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a process cartridge including a process frame, a photoconductor drum rotatable about a first direction, a developing roller movable between a contact position contacting the photoconductor drum and a separated position separated from the photoconductor drum, and a separation holding mechanism including a lever and an elastic member configured ...