US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on Nov. 3 for "Ink container and system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,863, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Ink container and system" was invented by Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan) and Masahiro Hayashi (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink container is insertable into an attachment unit that includes a contact group having a plurality of contacts aligned in a left-right direction. The ink container includes a main body that includes a chamber configured to store ink; a supply portion that extends forward from the chamber in a front-rear direction and is configured to supply the ink stored in the chamber to an outside of the main body; and an electrical inte...