US Patent Issued to RICOH on Jan. 27 for "Resin molded component, image forming apparatus, and determination method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,476, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Resin molded component, image forming apparatus, and determination method" was invented by Keiichi Shimizu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resin molded component includes a discoloration checker made of a first material discolored at a first speed; and a resin molded portion including the discoloration checker, the resin molded portion made of a second material discolored at a second speed faster than the first speed at which the first material of the discoloration checker discolors."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2024, under Application No. 18...