ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,144, issued on April 14, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Toshihiro Kanematsu (Kanagawa, Japan), Yasunori Sugimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Jun Zhang (Kanagawa, Japan), Mizuki Otagiri (Kanagawa, Japan) and Sho Kawakami (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge head includes a first housing, a sealing member, and a second housing. The first housing includes a nozzle from which a liquid is dischargeable and a liquid chamber communicating with the nozzle. The sealing member openably closes the nozzle. The second housing includes a movin...