ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,763, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Haruhiko Nakatsu (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a frame configured to support a process member configured to execute part of an image formation process on a recording material, a fan placed on a placement surface of the frame so as to be relatively movable with respect to the frame, a duct fixed to the frame and having a communication port communicating with an air intake port or an air outlet port of the fan, a restriction portion configured to restrict a movable range of the fan, ...