ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,671, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus including air duct" was invented by Hiroshi Nojima (Tokyo) and Keiko Fujita (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fan, a duct including an air intake port, an air discharge port, and a body portion having a tubular shape and forming an air passage through which air taken in through the air intake port is flown to the air discharge port, the body portion including a holed wall portion to which a plurality of through holes are formed, the plurality of through holes being passed through...