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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Yokoi, Yamagata-mura, JP;
Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a storage section that stores a liquid between a first surface and a second surface, and a flexible printed substrate for detecting a remaining amount of the liquid in the storage section, in which the flexible printed substrate includes a first wiring portion having an input electrode provided on the first surface, a first detection electrode provided on the second surface, and a second wiring portion having a second detection electrode provided on the second surface and a third detection electrode provided on the second surface, and an area of a first region of the input electrode overlapping the first detection electrode is smaller than an area of a second region of the input electrode overlapping the second detection electrode, and an area of a third region of the input electrode overlapping the third detection electrode is smaller than the area of the second region.