ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,616, issued on July 15, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Display apparatus and image forming apparatus" was invented by Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (Nagano, Japan) and Toru Matsuyama (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display apparatus includes: a touch panel that includes a transparent electrode and a first locking portion; and a display panel that displays information, in which the touch panel is detachably fixed to the display apparatus by fixing the first locking portion to a second locking portion provided in the display apparatus without using an adhesive."
The patent was filed on March 14, 2024, under Applicat...