US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Sept. 2 for "Unit locating mechanism and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,564, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Unit locating mechanism and image forming apparatus" was invented by Hiromu Matsumoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover is turned in a closing direction, and thus a first pressing portion starts to press a unit-side reception portion, after a contact point of a hook portion with a boss portion passes through the lowest point of the boss portion, a second pressing portion starts to press a hook-side reception portion, and the hook portion engages with the boss portion, until the cover reaches a closed position, the unit-side rec...