ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,027, issued on April 1, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Media loading devices" was invented by Martin Urrutia Nebreda (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Joan Marti Velasco Figueras (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Antonella de Ceano-Vivas Zarzoso (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Jorge Porras Martinez (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example, a media loading device may comprise a motor and a leading-edge sensor. The motor may rotate a media roll having a leading-edge in a winding direction and unwinding direction, the motor being controlled by a process...