ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,832, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"System, case, and liquid container" was invented by Satoru Oki (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, having a liquid container and a case, is provided. The case has a tubular body extending along a mounting/demounting direction and entering the liquid container through a supply port, a liquid receiver located below an end of the tubular body, and a movable member contacting and being moved by the liquid container moving along the mounting/demounting direction. The liquid receiver is movable between a first position, at which the liquid rece...