ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,210, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sensor unit and image forming apparatus including sensor unit" was invented by Takumi Ide (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor unit includes a light-emitting unit including a light-emitting element configured to emit light, a light-receiving unit including a light-receiving element configured to receive the light emitted from the light-emitting element, a flag configured to pass through a space between the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit, and a board, wherein a cutout or a hole is formed in the board, wherein the light-emitting unit and ...