US Patent Issued to Canon on April 29 for "Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,601, issued on April 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" was invented by Masaaki Sato (Yokohama, Japan), Kazuhiko Kanno (Odawara, Japan), Satoshi Nishiya (Machida, Japan) and Masatoshi Yamashita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a rotational axis thereof and a movable lever. A coupling member is operatively connected to the developing roller, with the coupling member being movable, in response to a movement of the lever, between (a) a first position in which the coupling member is exposed to o...