US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Dec. 30 for "Developing device having a resin replacement area, image forming apparatus, and method for manufacturing developing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,848, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Developing device having a resin replacement area, image forming apparatus, and method for manufacturing developing device" was invented by Teruhiko Nagashima (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A developing device includes a developing container, a developing roller, a regulating blade, a seal member, and a resin member. The regulating blade includes a mounting plate and a blade plate. The developing container has a facing part facing a step part due to thickness difference between the mounting plate and the blade plate. The seal member...