US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on July 15 for "Image forming apparatus including antenna in cover" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,236, issued on July 15, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including antenna in cover" was invented by Ryoichi Matsushima (Nagoya, Japan), Hirofumi Kondo (Ama-gun, Japan), Yasuhiro Kato (Nagoya, Japan), Masayoshi Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan), Masato Sueyasu (Nagoya, Japan) and Reiko Toyama (Iwakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus that utilizes a communication device is disclosed. A communication unit of a housing which corresponds to an antenna portion is provided at a position at which the communication unit can be seen without obstruction from the upper side. A c...