US Patent Issued to CANON on Jan. 20 for "Photosensitive member unit and development unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,994, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photosensitive member unit and development unit" was invented by Masao Uyama (Mishima, Japan), Kenji Matsuda (Numazu, Japan) and Ken Kikuchi (Mishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photosensitive member unit includes a photosensitive member, a transfer roller, a mounting portion capable of mounting a development unit including a development roller, a first gear and a second gear each provided at one end of the photosensitive member in an axial direction of the photosensitive member, and a third gear provided at one end of the transfer roller in an axial direction o...