ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,451, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Tomoya Urabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a fixing unit attachable to the apparatus body in a first direction, and a transfer unit serving as a belt unit attachable in an attachment position within the apparatus body in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The transfer unit has a protrusion serving as a restricting portion that restricts the attachment of the fixing unit when the transfer unit is positioned in a first irregular positi...