ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,827, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Active energy irradiation device and inkjet printer" was invented by Kyoichi Murayama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Keita Umeno (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active energy irradiation device includes a housing, an irradiation unit, a heat conduction member, a first opening that is provided at the housing, and an air introduction unit that deflects air flowing into the housing along a first direction via the first opening to a second direction intersecting the first direction to introduce the air to the heat conduction member. The air ...