US Patent Issued to Brother Kogyo on June 17 for "Printing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,429, issued on June 17, was assigned to Brother Kogyo K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing device" was invented by Kei Kondo (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a base plate extending in a direction orthogonal to a first direction, a mounting portion provided rotatably on a surface, which is at one side in the first direction, of the base plate, in which a ribbon roll having an ink ribbon wound is to be mounted on the mounting portion, a thermal head provided on the surface of the base plate, and configured to perform printing on a printing medium disposed on one side in a second direction orthogonal to...