US Patent Issued to Lexmark International on Dec. 30 for "Toner container having an angled electrical connector" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,843, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Lexmark International Inc. (Lexington, Ky.).

"Toner container having an angled electrical connector" was invented by Emily Stefano Adams (Lexington, Ky.), Brian Lester Boettcher (Versailles, Ky.) and David Lee Merrifield (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toner container according to one example embodiment includes a plurality of electrical contacts for contacting corresponding electrical contacts in an image forming device when the toner container is installed in the image forming device. The electrical contacts of the toner container are accessible from below at the bottom of th...