US Patent Issued to Canon on Nov. 4 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,480, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Hanayama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroki Asano (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member, a developing member, a contacting member contacting the developing member, and first to third power sources. The first power source generates a first voltage and applies it to the charging member. The second power source generates a second voltage, lower than the first voltage, from the first voltage and applies it to the contacting member. The third power sou...