ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,669, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printer and digital camera including printer" was invented by Akimasa Kaya (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer unit includes a device housing including a transport roller and a spreading roller, a roller drive mechanism that is attached to the device housing and includes a drive transmission gear train that drives the transport roller and the spreading roller, and a cover member that covers the roller drive mechanism. The roller drive mechanism includes a gear plate separate from the cover member. The gear plate is fixed to the device housing at two...