US Patent Issued to KYOCERA Document Solutions on Oct. 14 for "Connection mechanism for a liquid flow passage, and ink-jet recording apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,116, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Connection mechanism for a liquid flow passage, and ink-jet recording apparatus" was invented by Kikunosuke Tsuji (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A second connecting portion (20) includes a main body portion (21), a slide member (22), and a check valve (25). A first connecting portion (10) and the second connecting portion (20) are connected together by inserting a joint portion (101) in the main body portion (21), bringing the joint portion (101) into contact with the slide member (22), and pressing the slide member (22) inward in a...