US Patent Issued to Zebra Technologies on June 16 for "Media application system with a moveable platen assembly for autonomous media replenishment" (Rhode Island, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,474, issued on June 16, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Media application system with a moveable platen assembly for autonomous media replenishment" was invented by Raymond E. Maynard (Westerly, R.I.), Anthony Ross Helberg (Attleboro, Mass.), Matthew D. Corvese (Cranston, R.I.) and Michael F St. Germain (West Warwick, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed that includes a printhead, a motor, a drive train, and a platen assembly. The drive train is operatively coupled to the motor. The platen assembly includes a platen roller and is operatively coupled to the drive train. The platen a...