ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,186, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Takuto Tanaka (Shiojiri, Japan) and Akiho Seshimoto (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movement section is configured to move one of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section toward another of the liquid discharge section and the maintenance section in a first direction. A maintenance section includes first and second positioning sections that perform positioning of the maintenance section and the liquid discharge section by coming into contact with the liquid discharge section. The first posit...