ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,985, issued on July 29, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Power supply apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Shotaro Yoshimura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply apparatus includes a first power supply unit configured to operate in a first mode in which a first DC voltage is generated or in a second mode in which a second DC voltage lower than the first DC voltage is generated. The first power supply unit performs an intermittent oscillation operation when operating in the second mode. The second DC voltage changes within a predetermined range due to the intermittent oscillation operati...