ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,789, issued on July 29, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Stencil printer cover" was invented by Kenneth J. King (East Freetown, Mass.), James Lynch (Uxbridge, Mass.), Patsy A. Mattero (Smithfield, R.I.) and William A. Losiewicz (Douglas, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stencil printer includes a frame, a stencil, a support assembly, and a print head, and a print head assembly supported by the print head gantry in such a manner that the print head assembly is configured to traverse the stencil during print strokes. The support assembly supports the electronic substrate in a print position beneath the ...