ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,260, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Kohei Mizuguchi (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image on the sheet, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image transferred by the transfer unit to the sheet, a detection unit configured to detect the amount of deflection, and a control unit configured to control a speed of conveyance of the sheet based on a detection result from the detection unit, wherein the detection unit includes, a first pivoting member configured to be pivoted a...