ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,665, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having first and second inner cover with duct arrangement" was invented by Shogo Terakawa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a casing, an image forming unit, an outer cover, a first inner cover arranged to face an inner side of the outer cover in a closed state, the first inner cover being made of resin, a second inner cover arranged to face the inner side of the outer cover in the closed state, the second inner cover being made of resin, a first fan, and a second fan. The first inner cover includes a fir...