US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on March 24 for "Liquid supply device and liquid supply method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,231, issued on March 24, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Liquid supply device and liquid supply method" was invented by Yuki Okumura (Iwakura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid supply device includes: a cartridge mounting portion configured to allow a cartridge to be mounted therein; a tank; a head configured to eject an ink supplied from the tank; a first liquid supply channel connecting the cartridge mounting portion and the tank; a second liquid supply channel connecting the tank and the head; and a controller. The cartridge includes a first cartridge storing the ink and a second cartridge storing...