ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,059, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" was invented by Yosuke Kashiide (Tokyo), Masaaki Sato (Yokohama, Japan) and Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about an axis L1 of the developing roller and a coupling member for receiving a driving force, with the coupling member being operatively connected to the developing roller. A first urging member is contactable to the coupling member, with the first urging member being configured to urge the coupling member in a first direction...