ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,605, issued on April 22, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing device including housing, cover attachable thereto, and holder moving in conjunction with movement of cover" was invented by Yuya Tagami (Nagoya, Japan) and Shinji Ukai (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a housing, a print head, a platen roller, a holder, and a cover. The housing has a cassette attaching opening through which a printing cassette accommodating a printing tape is attachable to the housing. The holder holds one of the print head and the platen roller. The holder is movable between a nip position in...