ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,159, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MIMAKI ENGINEERING Co. Ltd. (Nagano, Japan).
"Head unit and inkjet printer" was invented by Toshihiro Kimura (Nagano, Japan) and Masayuki Furuse (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the head unit 15, an opening 14a for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 3 and an opening 14b for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 4 are formed in a base member 14, and the width of the opening 14a in the sub scanning direction is set to a width at which the inkjet head 3 can be arranged at a first position 3A where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at the same p...