ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,649, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Masahiko Tsuyuki (Chino, Japan) and Makoto Takamuku (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus, in which a substrate unit includes a first abnormality notification section that notifies an abnormality of the substrate unit, a wiring substrate having a plurality of rigid members and a flexible member, a first heat sink, and a second heat sink, the first heat sink is laminated on the second surface of the first region and positioned close to the second rigid member, the se...