ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,830, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Head module and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Yoshinori Bandoh (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head module includes a liquid discharge head, a liquid storage, and a heater. The liquid discharge head discharges a liquid in a first direction. The liquid storage stores the liquid. The liquid storage includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall in a second direction intersecting the first direction, an inlet on one end of the liquid storage, an outlet on another end of the liquid storage, and multiple partitions. The inlet...