US Patent Issued to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS on July 1 for "Printing unit and portable terminal" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,008, issued on July 1, was assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, Japan).

"Printing unit and portable terminal" was invented by Takumi Seino (Chiba, Japan) and Kouhei Miyawaki (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing unit includes: a platen roller configured to convey a recording sheet; a thermal head configured to perform printing on the recording sheet through press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller; a motor configured to serve as a drive source of the platen roller; and a frame configured to support the platen roller in a rotatable manner, wherein the frame includes: a motor support po...