ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,915, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Connector unit, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing apparatus" was invented by Yoshiaki Hara (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector unit includes a connector mounting member having a mounting hole, and a connector passed through the mounting hole and attached to the connector mounting member. The connector includes a terminal portion to which another connector is configured to be connected, and a hook portion engaged with an edge portion of the mounting hole. The connector mounting member includes a panel portion on which the mounting hole is for...