US Patent Issued to CANON on March 18 for "Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, the reading portion includes an image sensor, casing, transparent member and a shield member between the transparent member and casing, and electrically grounded" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,048, issued on March 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, the reading portion includes an image sensor, casing, transparent member and a shield member between the transparent member and casing, and electrically grounded" was invented by Akira Matsumoto (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading apparatus including a conveyance portion configured to convey a document in a conveyance path, and a reading portion configured to read an image of a document conveyed in the conveyance path. The reading portion includes an image sensor ...