ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,615, issued on June 24, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Shougo Sato (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process unit includes a photosensitive drum rotatable about a rotational axis extending in a first direction. A development unit includes a development roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive drum. A scanner unit is configured to expose the photosensitive drum. A reception portion is configured to receive toner from a toner container for supplying toner into the development unit. The scanner unit and the photosensitive drum overlap each other as...