US Patent Issued to Canon on June 3 for "Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cartridge" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,128, issued on June 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cartridge" was invented by Yuichi Fukui (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinjiro Toba (Kangawa, Japan), Takeo Kawanami (Kanagawa, Japan), Shinichi Nishida (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yasuyuki Egami (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a charging member capable of charging the photosensitive member, and a developing member for depositing toner onto the photosensitive member. A unit includes the developing member and is movable between a developing position in which the toner is capable of being deposit...