US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on May 26 for "Liquid ejection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,887, issued on May 26, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Liquid ejection device" was invented by Takuya Tsutsumi (Kirishima, Japan), Ryota Imanishi (Kirishima, Japan), Tatsumi Uwai (Kirishima, Japan), Masaya Kimachi (Kirishima, Japan), Taku Sato (Izumi, Japan) and Hiroyuki Sugimoto (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection head, a standby portion, a hold portion, and an operation portion. The liquid ejection head includes a nozzle surface. The standby portion supports a wiping cartridge. The hold portion holds the wiping cartridge. The operation portion moves the ...