ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,879, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SII Printek Inc. (Chiba, Japan).

"Head chip, liquid jet head, and liquid jet recording device" was invented by Hitoshi Nakayama (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device which effectively transfer elastic energy to ink in a pressure chamber to increase pressure to be generated in the pressure chamber are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an actuator plate provided with a pressure chamber in which a liquid is contained, a jet hole plate which has a jet hole communicated with the p...