ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,556, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Recording device" was invented by Soshi Okawa (Shiojiri, Japan), Sho Aruga (Chino, Japan), Haruki Miyasaka (Matsumoto, Japan), Nobuhiko Shinozaki (Okaya, Japan) and Tomoya Kurashina (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording device includes a recording section configured to move in a direction of advancing or retreating with respect to the transport path, a facing section disposed facing the recording section, a motor that is a power source when the recording section is moved, and a movement unit configured to move the recording section by receiving po...