US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Feb. 17 for "Maintenance device, liquid ejecting device, and maintenance method for liquid ejecting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,168, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Maintenance device, liquid ejecting device, and maintenance method for liquid ejecting device" was invented by Yusuke Hirasawa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance device includes a cap, a cap moving portion, a suction portion, a switching portion, and a drive transmission unit, wherein the drive transmission unit includes a drive source, a first transmission mechanism, and a second transmission mechanism, the first transmission mechanism includes a first drive delay unit that does not transmit driving of the drive source even when the drive...