ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,757, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Printing cassette having structure for restraining power transmission loss, and printing device using the same" was invented by Shinji Ukai (Kiyosu, Japan), Kentaro Murayama (Kasugai, Japan) and Kosuke Higashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing cassette is attachable to a printer body including a cassette accommodating portion provided with a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion. The printing cassette includes a power transmission mechanism including an input rotational part and an output rotational part, and a guide cas...