ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,459, issued on June 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Ink container" was invented by Masahiro Hayashi (Anjo, Japan), Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan), Yuma Tanabe (Nagoya, Japan) and Naoya Okazaki (Hashima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink container includes a front wall, a rear wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The front wall faces frontward in an attachment direction of the ink container. The rear wall is spaced apart from the front wall in a rearward direction opposite the attachment direction. The first sidewall is positioned between the front wall and the rear wall. The second sidewall is...