US Patent Issued to Canon on June 24 for "Image forming apparatus, component unit of the image forming apparatus, and processing apparatus for the component unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,600, issued on June 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus, component unit of the image forming apparatus, and processing apparatus for the component unit" was invented by Takayuki Namiki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naoki Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus configured to perform image formation using a component unit configured to be attachable to and detachable from a main body of the image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an access unit configured to access a storage device included in the component unit attached to the main body; a...