ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,185, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Liquid ejecting apparatus" was invented by Yu Okamura (Matsumoto, Japan) and Yoshiki Sugawara (Mikawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a liquid ejecting head configured to eject a liquid in an ejection direction; and a support unit having a support body that supports the liquid ejecting head and a base portion that supports the support body, and the support body is rotatable about a rotation shaft extending in a direction orthogonal to the ejection direction with respect to the base portion."
The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2023, under Appli...