B41J 23/00
Power drives for actions or mechanisms
Official title: Power drives for actions or mechanisms (B41J9/00 {, B41J19/305} take precedence)
B41J23/00 (Power drives for actions or mechanisms) appears on 579 US grants and 419 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 579
- Published applications
- 419
- Assignees
- 122
- Inventors
- 867
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Printing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,836 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid discharge system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,640 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Recording apparatus and method of reading recorded image in recording apparatus23 Jun 2026US 12,661,909 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Maintenance device, liquid ejecting device, and maintenance method for liquid ejecting device17 Feb 2026US 12,552,168 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Power transmission apparatus, medium transport apparatus, recording apparatus, control method of power transmission apparatus, and control method of medium transport apparatus10 Feb 2026US 12,545,534 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Recording apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233541 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Recording device21 May 2026US 2026/0138384 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Medium conveyance device and electronic equipment23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109159 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Liquid ejecting apparatus27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360714 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Print system28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269671 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printing systems146US 5,160,943 AEsselte Meto International Produktions GmbH · 1992
- Method for refilling liquid into a liquid reservoir container, a liquid jet recording apparatus using such method, a liquid refilling container, a liquid reservoir container, and a head cartridge128US 6,022,102 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- A recording medium feed mechanism and maintenance mechanism, having a common drive source, for an ink jet printer124US 5,831,644 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Ink cartridge for compact printer system119US 6,238,043 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2001
- Memory module for compact printer system109US 6,553,459 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2003