US Patent Issued to RICOH on May 20 for "Drive transmitter, drive device, and image forming apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,569, issued on May 20, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Drive transmitter, drive device, and image forming apparatus" was invented by Shogo Sakamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive transmitter includes a connector, an electromagnetic clutch, a shaft, and a restriction member. The electromagnetic clutch includes the connector as a single unit. The shaft serves as a rotation axis of the electromagnetic clutch. The restriction member restricts a position of the connector in an axial direction of the shaft."

The patent was filed on Nov. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/388,858.

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