US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on July 14 for "Damper unit and printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,090, issued on July 14, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Damper unit and printing apparatus" was invented by Katsunori Nishida (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper unit includes: a container including: a containing wall; and a damper film having flexibility and adhered to the containing wall, wherein the containing wall and the damper film define a containing space for containing a liquid to be supplied to a nozzle hole in a nozzle surface by a negative pressure during printing; and a plate member facing the damper film outside the container."

The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2024, under Applica...