ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,240, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Takuji Uesugi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Akira Yoshimura (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes first and second sheet metal and a moving member. The first sheet metal includes a first facing surface and a first rear surface. The second sheet metal is fixed to the first sheet metal at a fixing portion and includes a second facing surface facing the first facing surface and a second rear surface. The first sheet metal is deformed in a first direction ...