US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on June 23 for "Liquid ejection device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,675, issued on June 23, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejection device" was invented by Manabu Yamada (Matsumoto, Japan), Tomoji Suzuki (Matsumoto, Japan) and Hiroshi Nose (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection device includes: a head including a nozzle surface in which a nozzle is opened, the head being configured to eject liquid from the nozzle; a standby cap that covers the nozzle by coming into contact with the head; a receiving unit that receives the liquid ejected from the nozzle; and a maintenance unit that performs maintenance of the head. The head moves in a first area, a second...