ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,657, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Taiki Hanagami (Matsumoto, Japan) and Junichiro Matsushita (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A configuration includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid in an ejecting direction along a first axis, a medium supporting member that has a supporting surface supporting a medium and an opening portion facing a nozzle, a cap that is disposed in the opening portion when viewed in the ejecting direction, a coupling member that couples the medium supporting member to the cap and has a base member and a first ...