US Patent Issued to Konica Minolta on July 8 for "Sheet characteristic detection device, image forming system including the same, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,152, issued on July 8, was assigned to Konica Minolta Inc. (Tokyo).

"Sheet characteristic detection device, image forming system including the same, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroyuki Yoshikawa (Toyohashi, Japan), Hitoshi Asano (Toyokawa, Japan), Yumiko Izumiya (Hachioji, Japan), Akimasa Ishikawa (Hino, Japan) and Yasuo Koyanagi (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet characteristic detection device includes: a detector that is disposed on a sheet ejection path through which a sheet is ejected and that detects an electrical resistance value of the sheet; and a charge neutralizer that is disposed on a...