ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,711, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Drive circuit unit, head unit, and liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Yoichiro Kondo (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive circuit unit is provided in a head unit together with a head and is configured to generate a drive signal for driving the head. The drive circuit unit includes a base board that includes a drive-circuit-unit-side connector coupled to a head-side connector; and a plurality of drive circuit boards on each of which a drive circuit configured to generate a drive signal is mounted, wherein the base board is disposed such that the...