ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,936, issued on July 8, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Akihiro Fujita (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ryohta Matsufuji (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge head includes: a nozzle plate having multiple nozzles from each of which a liquid is to be discharged; a housing supporting a peripheral edge of the nozzle plate; a liquid channel between the nozzle plate and the housing; and a coupling portion coupling an inner region of the peripheral edge of the nozzle plate and the housing."
The patent was filed on March 15, 2023, under Appli...