ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,604, issued on March 31, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejection head, method of detaching protection member from liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection apparatus" was invented by Takuya Iwano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection head including a detachable protection member, includes: a rail portion extending along a first direction; a rail opening formed in the rail portion; and a fixing opening fixing the protection member, in which the protection member includes a protection portion covering an ejection surface of the liquid ejection head, an engagement portion that has a shorter length in the ...