ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,160, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tetsuo Furukawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a unit including an electrical contact surface, and a main assembly which includes a contact member including first to fourth portions, and a contact portion, and a supporting member. A mounting and dismounting direction of the unit is a first direction. A direction crossing the first direction is a third direction. The supporting member includes an opposite wall opposing a side surface of the unit and being provided with an opening. T...