ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,854, issued on March 25, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Takumi Sato (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a frame, a cover configured to open and close relative to the frame, and an open-close mechanism. The open-close mechanism includes a base attached to the frame, a holder attached to the base, a shaft attached to the holder, an arm attached to the shaft, the cover being attached to the arm, and a lockscrew configured to fix the holder to the base. The base includes an attachment hole used to attach the holder to the base, a...