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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,481, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image forming apparatus having cover to cover image forming units" was invented by Hiroki Takayama (Chiba, Japan) and Yuki Tashiro (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes first, second, and third covers, first and second ducts, and a plurality of image forming units, including first and second image forming units. The second cover is between the first cover and the plurality of image forming units to cover the plurality of image forming units. The first duct is disposed on the second cover to guide air absorbed from outside of the imag...