ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,880, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Naoki Hashimoto (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor; an exposure portion configured to include a substrate having a plurality of light emitting portions arranged along a rotation axis direction of the photoreceptor and exposes the photoreceptor to form a latent image on the photoreceptor; a development portion configured to develop a latent image formed on the photoreceptor with toner; an exposure duct configured to guide the airflow generated by a first fan along a longitu...