ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,127, issued on June 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Koga (Shizuoka, Japan) and Naoki Maeda (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body including a first positioning portion, a first cartridge including a developer bearing member, and a second positioning portion, the first cartridge being attachable to and detachable from the apparatus body, and a second cartridge including a storage portion configured to accommodate the developer, a first positioned portion, and a second positioned portion. The second cartridge is config...