US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Feb. 17 for "Liquid ejecting device switchable between first state in which two terminals are separated from each other and second state in which two terminals are in contact with each other" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,187, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid ejecting device switchable between first state in which two terminals are separated from each other and second state in which two terminals are in contact with each other" was invented by Yuta Arakawa (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting device includes a head unit and a mounting unit. The head unit includes: a first channel member formed with a first channel having an ejection hole; and a first electronic member including a first terminal. The first channel member has an ejection surface in which the ejection hole is open. ...