ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,363, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus and filling method" was invented by Hiroyuki Hagiwara (Matsumoto, Japan), Shun Katsuie (Matsumoto, Japan) and Hidenori Sokabe (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a filter that partitions a common liquid chamber communicating with a nozzles into an upstream chamber and a downstream chamber, an inlet, an outlet, a liquid storage section, a supply flow path, and a recovery flow path. A beam portion is provided inside the downstream chamber. A pressurization discharge operation for discharging t...