US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 16 for "Control board configuration in an image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,892, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Control board configuration in an image forming apparatus" was invented by Tetsuhiro Yoshimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a drive unit, a drive control board, a first unit, a second unit, a first cable, and a second cable. The drive unit is detachably attached to the image forming apparatus. The drive control board is disposed on a back surface side of the drive unit and controls the drive unit. The first cable is electrically connect the first unit and the drive control board. The second cable is electrically connect the sec...