ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,253, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Liquid discharge apparatus" was invented by Masahiko Tsuyuki (Chino, Japan) and Makoto Takamuku (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including: a print head; a substrate unit; and a control circuit that controls operations of the print head and the substrate unit, in which the print head includes a first discharge section that has a first piezoelectric element that is displaced by receiving a first driving signal and discharges a liquid by displacement of the first piezoelectric element, and a first connector, ...