US Patent Issued to Canon on April 7 for "Fluid distribution device for an inkjet print head assembly" (Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,770, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Fluid distribution device for an inkjet print head assembly" was invented by Hendricus G. J. Boerstal (Velden, Netherlands), Peter J. Hollands (Baarlo, Netherlands) and Mahnaz Shokrpour Roudbari (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compact fluid distribution device for a print head assembly is provided, which device allows for the effective removal of gas from the device during operation and purging. The device comprises a fluid chamber with a fluid permeable filter forming a dividing wall in the fluid chamber, such that an inlet is positioned on a first side of...