ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,279, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Power supply apparatus, image forming apparatus, and power supply control method" was invented by Ryota Ogura (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply apparatus comprises: a first power supply line; a second power supply line; a connection unit connecting the first and second power supply line and capable of operating in either a first operation mode in which power transmission between the first and second power supply lines is possible or a second operation mode in which power transmission is not possible; an electric discharge unit connected to the sec...