US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on March 18 for "Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,822, issued on March 18, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus and control method of image forming apparatus" was invented by Ayaka Komori (Nagoya, Japan) and Keita Suzuki (Nishio, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer nip is formed between a transfer member and a photosensitive drum. The transfer member is configured to transfer a toner image formed on the photosensitive drum to a sheet that passes through the transfer nip. A humidity sensor is configured to detect humidity. A sheet sensor is arranged upstream of the transfer member in a sheet conveyance direction. The sheet sensor i...