US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on Dec. 23 for "Printer with tabs to secure platen roller bushing" (Taiwanese, Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,898, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Printer with tabs to secure platen roller bushing" was invented by Randal Wong Mun Hon (Singapore), Shu-Hsun Jason Chiang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Kuan-Ying Lu (Taichung, Taiwan), Chia-Wen Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Hsinghan Tsai (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example printer including: a platen roller; a bushing connected to the platen roller, the bushing having a wing extending radially from the bushing; and a lower frame including: a channel to receive the platen roller in an operational position in which the platen roller is con...