ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,985, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus having pitch conversion member" was invented by Atsushi Teranishi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Naoko Shimizu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid ejection head that is more reliable than conventional heads includes a pitch conversion member. The pitch conversion member includes a plurality of first openings respectively connected to a plurality of first channels, and a plurality of second openings respectively connected to a plurality of second channels. A region where a plurality of the first openings are prov...