ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,686, issued on June 10, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus with exposure head positioning structure" was invented by Kotaro Haruta (Gifu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus, having a housing, a photosensitive drum, an exposure head, and a positioning piece, is provided. The housing has a boss. The photosensitive drum is configured to be accommodated in the housing. The exposure head is configured to expose the photosensitive drum and is movable between an exposable position, at which the exposure head exposes the photosensitive drum, and a retracted position, at w...