ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,709, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing device" was invented by Ryo Nishikawa (Shiojiri, Japan) and Keita Hanawa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The printing device includes a head 36 that prints on a medium, a medium support section that has a support surface to support the medium, a head movement section 40 that mounts the head 36 and moves in the front-rear direction Y while straddling the medium support section in the width direction, a control section that controls the head 36, and a connection cable 55 that connects the head 36 and the control section, wherein, the connection ...