ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,527, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryota Shibuya (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a driven member, a frame body, a driving source, and a drive transmission unit including a gear train including a first gear configured to rotate by the driving force from the driving source, and a gear cover configured to cover the gear train. The gear cover includes an outer surface that extends in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to a rotational axis direction of the first gear, and a first concave portion. The first gear includes a...