ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,914, issued on July 29, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiroki Morishita (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a process unit that can be removed from a main body frame by being pulled out in a first direction, a plurality of main body side contacts that are arranged in the first direction and a plurality of unit side contacts, the main body frame includes a guide surface that extends in the first direction, the process unit includes a roller and the guide surface includes an inclination surface that is inclined toward...