ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,043, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Yutaka Nagashima (Matsumoto, Japan), Yusuke Kato (Shiojiri, Japan) and Nobuaki Sakai (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a head configured to perform printing on a medium and an outer packaging configured to accommodate the head, in which the outer packaging includes an open-close cover that constitutes a portion of an upper surface of the outer packaging, and the open-close cover is configured so as to be able to rotate upward with an one end side being a fulcrum, and include an inner-side...