ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,929, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Keita Nakajima (Shizuoka, Japan) and Ko Katahira (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a roller pair having first and second rollers, a roller holder having first and second guided portions, and a guiding portion having first and second guides. The first and second rollers can take a first state where the first roller contacts the second roller with a predetermined force and take a second state where the predetermined force is reduced. A first direction in w...