ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,373, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Cutting device and printer" was invented by Hiromitsu Mizutani (Ichinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting device includes a support base, a cutting blade, and a holding member. The cutting blade has first and second holes and a blade edge. The blade edge has a first convex portion and a second convex portion, provided at a position corresponding to the first and second holes, respectively. In a case where the cutting blade is arranged at a cutting position, a maximum value of a distance between the blade edge and the support base within a ...