ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,197, issued on May 20, was assigned to SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC. (Chiba, Japan).
"Thermal printer" was invented by Toshihiro Hirama (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal printer includes: a housing including a roll sheet receiving portion; a cover which is pivotably attached to the housing, and is configured to open and close the roll sheet receiving portion; a platen roller which is rotatably supported on the cover via a bearing portion; and a thermal head which is to be brought into press contact with an outer peripheral surface of the platen roller. The cover includes a cover main body and a base member which is fixe...