ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,010, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Jun Yoda (Shiojiri, Japan) and Hisayuki Akahane (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device 1 includes an openable cover automatic opening mechanism 3, wherein the automatic opening mechanism has a lever 11 configured to be rotated and to release maintenance of the closed state of the openable cover 5 by receiving power of the carriage 15. The openable cover receives a force F in an opening direction, and the printing device 1 has a braking mechanism 103 that brakes opening movement of the openable cover by cont...