US Patent Issued to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS on July 15 for "Toner cartridge, method for detecting remaining toner amount, and image-forming apparatus" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,475, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Toner cartridge, method for detecting remaining toner amount, and image-forming apparatus" was invented by Zhe Shao (Zhuhai, China) and Aiguo Yin (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a toner cartridge, a method for detecting a remaining toner amount, and an image-forming apparatus. The toner cartridge, installed on an image-forming apparatus, includes a toner hopper, configured to hold toner; a stirring unit, disposed in the toner hopper and configured to stir the toner in the toner hopper; and a detec...