ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,150, issued on April 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Recording device, service life estimation method" was invented by Yasuo Sunaga (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a recording unit that performs recording on a medium, a paper feeding cassette that accommodates the medium and is configured to be opened/closed, a transport unit that transports the medium accommodated in the paper feeding cassette along a transport path, a transport detection unit that detects the medium at a detection position provided at the transport path, a calculation unit that calculates a transport tim...