ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,819, issued on July 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Toshihiko Takayama (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinsuke Kobayashi (Kanagawa, Japan), Shuichi Tetsuno (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shimpei Ishikawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation for forming an image on a transfer material includes a photosensitive drum, a moving member, a detection unit, and a control unit. The detection unit detect information about a first movement in which the moving member moves from an open position to a shielding position or a second movement in ...