ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,839, issued on March 25, 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 each capable of increasing pressure generated while achieving power saving are provided. The head chip according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a flow channel member, an actuator plate, and drive electrodes. The drive electrodes include a first electrode disposed on a first surface of the actuator plate so as to overlap one of a pressure cha...