US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Dec. 2 for "Image forming apparatus including toner cartridge that is detachable from housing with drum cartridge kept attached to housing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,557, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including toner cartridge that is detachable from housing with drum cartridge kept attached to housing" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan), Kazuna Taguchi (Nagoya, Japan) and Soichiro Mase (Handa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes: a housing having an opening providing a first region and a second region; first and second covers for opening and closing the first and second regions, respectively; a drum cartridge detachably attachable to the housing in a first direction through the first regio...