ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,686, issued on May 13, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Takashi Kainuma (Osaka, Japan), Kenichiro Kawasaki (Osaka, Japan) and Kazuhisa Hirahara (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an apparatus main body; an intermediate transfer unit; and an image-bearing-member unit. the intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer belt, a frame, a drive roller, a tension roller, a transfer roller that is movable between a transfer position and a retractive position. The frame includes a first protrusion...