US Patent Issued to Canon on July 29 for "Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,918, issued on July 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Cartridge, member constituting cartridge, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Masaaki Sato (Yokohama, Japan), Yukio Kubo (Boise, Idaho), Hiroyuki Munetsugu (Yokohama, Japan) and Koji Wada (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a developing roller and a frame configured to support the developing roller. A lever is connected to the frame, with the lever being movable relative to the frame, and with a part of the lever protruding beyond the frame. The cartridge also includes a memory board. and an electrode portion connected to the memory...