US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on June 24 for "Drum cartridge in which first storage medium of toner cartridge and second storage medium of drum cartridge are aligned in mounting direction, and image forming apparatus to which drum cartridge is mountable" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,617, issued on June 24, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Drum cartridge in which first storage medium of toner cartridge and second storage medium of drum cartridge are aligned in mounting direction, and image forming apparatus to which drum cartridge is mountable" was invented by Masahito Saeki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum cartridge mountable to an image forming apparatus in a mounting direction, the drum cartridge including: a frame having an opening, the frame allowing a toner cartridge to be attached, and the frame including a housing configured to accommodate therein a toner and a firs...