ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,769, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Masaaki Takeuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveying apparatus includes a conveying unit, a drive source, a drive transmission unit, a tensioner, and a moving member. The drive source drives the conveying unit to convey a sheet. The drive transmission unit includes a drive transmission belt and a rotatable member to engage with the drive transmission belt. The drive transmission unit transmits a driving force of the drive source to the conveying unit via the drive transmission belt and ...