US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 2 for "Image forming apparatus includes metal and resin components with enhanced stability and functionality" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,553, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus includes metal and resin components with enhanced stability and functionality" was invented by Akira Yoshimura (Shizuoka, Japan), Takuji Uesugi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akitoshi Toyota (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a first connecting member, the first connecting member being secured to the first side plate at a first securing portion and being secured to the second side plate at a second securing portion, and a frame, the frame being sandwiched between the first...