ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,261, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Mika Maejima (Tokyo) and Ryuji Hamasaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus to which an accessory unit including an accessory connector is detachably attachable includes a top cover including a stacking unit on which a recording medium is to be stacked and a unit attachment portion to which the accessory unit is attachable, a device connector that is disposed on a unit attachment portion and is connectable to the accessory connector, and an operation unit including an input unit configured to receive an inp...