US Patent Issued to KONICA MINOLTA on June 10 for "Developing sleeve and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,672, issued on June 10, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Developing sleeve and electrophotographic image forming apparatus" was invented by Kazutoshi Kobayashi (Hachioji, Japan), Yukio Hosoya (Tama, Japan), Toshiyuki Fujita (Hachioji, Japan) and Akihiko Itami (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing sleeve for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an aluminum alloy containing more than 0.6% by mass of silicon and conveys a developer containing a toner and a carrier."

The patent was filed on March 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/610,910.

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