US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Feb. 3 for "Image forming apparatus including unit attachable and detachable with respect to main body thereof" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,170, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus including unit attachable and detachable with respect to main body thereof" was invented by Tatsuro Arata (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image formation device (100) comprises a unit (30) that can be attached to and detached from a body frame (101), and a lock mechanism (40). The lock mechanism (40) has a grip part (37) that can move reciprocally in the attachment direction and the detachment direction of the unit (30), a lock member (41) that is swingably positioned in the unit (30) and has a hook part (41b...