US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 8 for "Process cartridge having support frame with passage opening, developing housing with reception opening, and seal" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,163, issued on July 8, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Process cartridge having support frame with passage opening, developing housing with reception opening, and seal" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum frame includes first and second frames supporting a photosensitive drum, and a support frame configured to support a toner cartridge. The support frame is not movable relative to the photosensitive drum. The support frame has a passage opening through which toner from the toner cartridge passes in a state where the toner cartridge is supported by the support frame. A dev...