ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,826, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Inkjet head nozzle plate, manufacturing method therefor, inkjet head, and inkjet recording device" was invented by Akihisa Shimomura (Atsugi, Japan), Atsushi Imura (Kokubunji, Japan) and Tetsuji Machida (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet head nozzle plate formed from stainless steel in which a deformation in a nozzle inner wall or a nozzle tip is less, a method of manufacturing the inkjet head nozzle plate, and an inkjet head and an inkjet recording device which use the inkjet head nozzle plate. The inkjet head nozzle plate may be an inkjet h...