ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,152, issued on April 14, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Satoshi Ueno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, an electronic board, circuitry, and an isolator. The liquid discharge head discharges liquid downward. The circuitry on the electronic board controls the liquid discharge head. The isolator is disposed between the liquid discharge head and the electronic board to isolate the liquid discharge head from the electronic board. The isolator includes a first isolator and a second isolator. The first isolator surrounds ...