ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,766, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryoichi Kawasumi (Ibaraki, Japan), Yusuke Mitsui (Yamanashi, Japan), Shigeyuki Sanmiya (Yamanashi, Japan) and Koji Kanda (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including a main unit and a processing unit installed on an installation surface and configured to process the sheet discharged from a discharge portion. The processing unit includes a first connector electrically connected to the main unit; and a first positioning portion that protrudes from a bottom surface toward the install...