ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,012, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet post-processing device and image forming system including same" was invented by Masahiko Miyazaki (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet post-processing device includes a conveying member, a processing tray, a processing section, a reference plate, an alignment member, and a frame. The processing tray stacks sheets carried in by the conveying member. The alignment member moves the sheet carried in onto the processing tray in an alignment direction so as to aid alignment of the sheets. The alignment member includes a roller hol...