ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,485, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Air ingestion prevention" was invented by Dorkaitz Alain Vazquez Fernandez (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Maria Dinares Argemi (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Mauricio Seras Franzoso (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Josep Ortiz Mompel (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an example, a printhead storage device comprises a printhead pocket to receive a printhead, a receptacle with an interior chamber wherein printing fluid is provided, and a fluid interconnect device comprising a fluid path with the int...