US Patent Issued to BROTHER KOGYO on June 17 for "Inkjet recording apparatus with cover and method therefor including inquiry and notification features" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,423, issued on June 17, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Inkjet recording apparatus with cover and method therefor including inquiry and notification features" was invented by Kenta Horade (Tokai, Japan) and Mana Honoki (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a tank, a recording head, a cover, a monitor, a cover sensor, an operation panel, and a controller. The cover is movable to cover a plurality of injection inlets associated with a plurality of ink chambers and to expose the plurality of injection inlets. The cover sensor outputs signal depending on position of the c...