ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,490, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus including drive source" was invented by Kazuki Takase (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion including a photosensitive member that is rotatably supported about a rotation shaft extending in a first direction and a transfer member, a fixing portion, a reverse conveyance portion, a conveyance path, a conveyance portion, a drive source, and a drive input portion, the drive input portion being attached to the conveyance portion. The drive source is disposed between the transfer member a...