US Patent Issued to Canon on April 29 for "Image forming apparatus having a metal support member configured to support a control board and face a wireless communication board" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,429, issued on April 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having a metal support member configured to support a control board and face a wireless communication board" was invented by Yuya Hasegawa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a wireless communication board on which a communication circuit that wirelessly communicates image data with an external device is mounted. The wireless communication board includes a first surface to which a magnetic sheet including a magnetic layer containing metal powder is. The wireless communication board also includes an antenna...