ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,189, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).
"Laser containment structure for a laser printhead" was invented by Richard Mark Clayton (Manorville, N.Y.), Patrick Martin Brown (North Medford, N.Y.) and Chinmay Nanda (Central Islip, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser printhead assembly for a laser printhead is disclosed herein. The laser printhead assembly may include a laser containment door; and a laser containment housing that is configured to form a sealed enclosure with a label support of a label. The sealed enclosure may be configured to include the label and the laser printhead....