US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Nov. 11 for "Image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,242, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Teppei Shibuya (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When the dimension of a primary transfer roller in the width direction is represented by Wa, the dimension of a counter-sensor member in the width direction is represented by Wb, the dimension of an intermediate transfer belt in the width direction is represented by Wc, and the maximum dimension of a sheet in the width direction is represented by Wd, then the relationship Wdless than equal toWagreater thanWbless than equal toWc is fulfilled. The t...