ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,882, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Fluid mixers in jetting channels of a printhead" was invented by Nasser Budraa (La Crescenta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Printheads that jet print fluids. In an embodiment, a printhead comprises a plurality of jetting channels, where each jetting channel includes a diaphragm, a pressure chamber, and a nozzle configured to jet a print fluid. The printhead further comprises a manifold fluidly coupled to the jetting channels, where each jetting channel includes a channel fluid passage that fluidly couples the pressure chamber to the manifold. The printhead furth...