ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,657, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Liquid cartridge and liquid supply system" was invented by Itta Yamada (Nagoya, Japan), Hideki Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Genki Hoshino (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid cartridge including a casing which has front and lower surfaces, a storage chamber, and a supply port. A groove is arranged on the lower surface of the casing. The groove has left and right surfaces and an entrance port. At least one of the right and left surfaces has first and second surfaces. The first surface is directed in one orientation of the fron...