ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,315, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PFU Ltd. (Kahoku, Japan).
"Medium conveyance apparatus" was invented by Hideyuki Okumura (Kahoku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medium conveyance apparatus includes a housing having a frame, a placing table provided on the housing to be openable and closeable and configured to place a medium when the placing table is in an opened state, a to-be-engaged portion provided on the frame, an engagement part provided on at least one side of the placing table to face the to-be-engaged portion when the placing table is in a closed state, a to-be-contacted portion provided on the frame, and a co...