ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,804, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Kateeva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).
"Printhead alignment" was invented by Robert D. Taff (Lenexa, Kan.) and Christopher Buchner (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer is described herein. The printhead assembly includes a printhead having a plurality of nozzles, a nozzle plate attached to the printhead, and a base plate attached to the nozzle plate by at least three fasteners that provide independent positioning of the nozzle plate with respect to the base plate in three independent dimensions. The printhead assembly has fluid connections betwe...