ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,450, issued on June 16, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus including cap attachable to nozzle surface of recording head" was invented by Takeru Yoshida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head arranged so that a nozzle surface thereof is inclined, a conveyance unit, a cap, a suction portion, and a control portion. The cap includes a bottom surface and side walls provided to stand along four sides of the bottom surface. In detaching the cap from the nozzle surface, the control portion sequentially executes a first relea...