ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,512, issued on July 7, was assigned to Toshiba Tec K.K. (Tokyo).
"Printer" was invented by Yuki Takagi (Singapore) and Akira Suzuki (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a body having an opening; a lid that is rotated to open and close the opening, a sheet discharge port being formed between the lid and the body when the lid is in a closed position; a printing mechanism; a first sensor that is disposed closer to a first end of the lid and is capable of detecting whether the first end of the lid is in the closed position; a movable part that is provided on one of the lid and the body and moves when ...