ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,686, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryota Shibuya (Kanagawa, Japan) and Masaaki Takeuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a first main body side plate, a second main body side plate, a drive side plate, a drive gear train disposed between the drive side plate and the first main body side plate, and a cable guide disposed between the first main body side plate and the drive side plate. The drive gear train includes a rotary gear, and the cable guide overlaps with a part of the rotary gear when viewed in a rotational axis direction ...