ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,855, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Driving control apparatus and image-forming apparatus" was invented by Masaki Tani (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving control apparatus includes a movable member that can be displaced between first and second positions, a solenoid that displaces the movable member at the first position to the second position, a control unit that controls supply of current to the solenoid, and a transmission mechanism that transitions between first and second states according to a position of the movable member. The transmission mechanism transmits a driving force to a...