ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,838, issued on March 25, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet head module holder assembly and inkjet recorder" was invented by Kenichi Yamamoto (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder assembly that holds a head module including an inkjet head on a mounting table, the holder assembly including a pressure member and an operation member. The pressure member presses a portion of the head module adjacent to the mounting table. The operation member transitions the pressure member from a first state to a second state when work of mounting the head module on the mounting table is performed. In the first state, t...