ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,642, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Medium conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Ryo Matsuyama (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveying apparatus includes a drive roller, a driven roller, and a supporting portion. The drive roller includes a drive body portion and a drive contact portion. The drive contact portion is formed of a material having a smaller friction coefficient or a higher surface hardness than the drive body portion, and is formed with a groove portion along a circumferential direction. The driven roller includes a dr...