US Patent Issued to Canon on July 15 for "Image forming apparatus and circuit board for image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,488, issued on July 15, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus and circuit board for image forming apparatus" was invented by Shigemi Kumagai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a first circuit board, a first cable, and a second cable. The first circuit board includes a first connector and a second connector. The first cable is connected to the first connector. The second cable is connected to the second connector. An insertion direction of the first cable to the first connector is along a first direction. An insertion direction of the second cable to the second conne...