ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,311, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Cartridge, attachment and mounting kit" was invented by Goshi Ozaki (Kanagawa, Japan), Noriyuki Komatsu (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tetsuo Uesugi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus comprises a main assembly of the image forming apparatus, with the main assembly including a driving shaft. The image forming apparatus also includes a cartridge detachably mountable to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus, the cartridge including (i) a photosensitive drum and (ii) a coupling positioned adjacent to an end portion of the photosensitive...