US Patent Issued to CANON on May 27 for "Image forming apparatus having improved access to drive unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,999, issued on May 27, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having improved access to drive unit" was invented by Tomoharu Kitajima (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material includes a frame body, an image forming unit, a first electric component unit, a first electric component board, a second electric component unit, and a second electric component board. The second electric component board communicates with the first electric component board and controls the image forming unit. The first electric component unit pivots about a first ...