US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Aug. 12 for "Image forming apparatus capable of stabilizing electrical connection between movable unit and support unit included in fixing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,288, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus capable of stabilizing electrical connection between movable unit and support unit included in fixing device" was invented by Sachio Izumichi (Osaka, Japan), Takehiro Sato (Osaka, Japan) and Keiju Ishida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a movable unit, a support unit, a protruding portion, a guide portion, and a pressing portion. The movable unit includes a fixing member and a pressure member, and swings along a width direction of a sheet. The support unit supports the movabl...