ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,693, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same" was invented by Takuya Nishimura (Osaka, Japan) and Yasunori Ueno (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet conveyance apparatus (26) includes: a first conveyance unit (70a), a second conveyance unit (70b) disposed below the first conveyance unit (70a) and including a second upper conveyance guide (75) and a second lower conveyance guide (77), and an apparatus main body, wherein the second conveyance unit (70b) can be drawn out to a front side of the apparatus...