US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 15 for "Developing cartridge" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,477, issued on July 15, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Developing cartridge" was invented by Nao Itabashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing cartridge may include: a casing for accommodating developer therein; a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one side of the casing in a second direction; a storage medium having an electric contact surface; and a holder movable relative to the casing in the second direction with the electric contact surface between a first position and a second position, the holder having an outer surface at which...