US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on May 27 for "Drum cartridge including electrical contact surface positioned at outer surface of drum frame" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,002, issued on May 27, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Drum cartridge including electrical contact surface positioned at outer surface of drum frame" was invented by Koji Abe (Okazaki, Japan) and Naoya Kamimura (Ichinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum cartridge includes: a drum frame to which a developing cartridge is attachable; a photosensitive drum; and a first storage medium. The drum frame has one end portion and another end portion spaced apart from the one end portion in a first direction. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a first axis extending in a second direction and is positio...