US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 19 for "Image forming apparatus that applies a resistance force to a door of the image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,154, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus that applies a resistance force to a door of the image forming apparatus" was invented by Yukinojo Toda (Saitama, Japan) and Takahiro Ito (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus including an apparatus body, a door, and a resistance applying portion. The resistance applying portion includes a body support member, and a contact member. The contact member includes a first member supported by the door, and a second member supported by the first member. The second member is configured to be brought into the contracted posit...