US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Aug. 12 for "Unit locating mechanism and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,287, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Unit locating mechanism and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiromu Matsumoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit locating mechanism includes a first unit, a second unit and a locating member. The locating member includes a cylindrical portion, a hook portion and a portion to be restricted. The second unit includes a unit-side portion, a support shaft and a restriction portion. The restriction portion overlaps, in a state where the hook portion engages with a boss portion, the portion to be restricted from outside in a pre...