ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,202, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Kenjiro Ishihara (Shiojiri, Japan), Kazuhisa Takeda (Shiojiri, Japan), Keita Hanawa (Matsumoto, Japan) and Ryo Nishikawa (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a head that faces a medium supported by a medium support unit and ejects a liquid, an interference object sensor including a detector that detects an interference object with the head, and a cover that can switch the detector to a shielded state and to an exposed state."
The patent was filed on Sept. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/...