ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,090, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus" was invented by Doan Huu Phan (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main tray can be exposed from and stored in an image forming apparatus main body by being pivotably supported by the image forming apparatus main body, and when the main tray is exposed from the image forming apparatus main body, a sheet can be placed on the main tray and a sheet can be supplied from the main tray into the image forming apparatus main body. The main tray includes a sheet placing portion and a width alignm...