US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Feb. 10 for "Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,094, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Shingo Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanner includes a scanning optical system, a housing, and a pressing and retaining member. The housing includes a retaining portion, a support portion that is formed to be opposed to the retaining portion, and an engaged portion to be engaged with an engaging portion. The pressing and retaining member includes a main body including the engaging portion and at least one pressing portion. In a first...