ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,530, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Yoshimi Suzuki (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet storage portion configured to be attached to a lower portion of the apparatus body toward a first direction, an upper unit disposed on a top portion of the apparatus body, the upper unit being configured to pivot around an axis that intersects the first direction and move between a closed position and an open position, and a cover member configured to move between a first position and a second position. An edg...