ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,661, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Optical detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Mikio Inuzuka (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical detecting apparatus includes a substrate having a surface, on which a light emitter and a first light receiver are arranged, and a housing. The housing has a fixture surface, onto which the surface of the substrate is fixed, and an attachable surface on a side opposite to the fixture surface. The housing includes an emitted-light guiding path formed through the housing between the fixture surface and the attachable ...