US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 14 for "Liquid container and recording device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,118, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Liquid container and recording device" was invented by Satoshi Nakata (Matsumoto, Japan), Masanari Tanaka (Shiojiri, Japan), Katsumi Yamada (Matsumoto, Japan), Masahito Tatsumi (Shiojiri, Japan) and Matsutaro Naito (Minowa-Machi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid container is configured to be refilled with a liquid from outside, the liquid container including a containing portion that contains the liquid, an inlet that is in communication with the containing portion and through which the liquid is poured, a lid portion that has an insertion portion to be ...