US Patent Issued to Canon on June 3 for "Metal frame of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,321,125, issued on June 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Metal frame of image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Naruhiko Ito (Chiba, Japan), Ryota Yasui (Tokyo) and Takahiro Kobayashi (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal frame of an image forming apparatus includes a first support which includes a first metal plate and a second metal plate; a second support configured to support the image forming unit together with the first support; and a third support configured to connect the first support and the second support. The first metal plate includes a corner portion provided between a first...