US Patent Issued to ALPHA, NISSAN JIDOSHA on May 6 for "Door opening/closing device and operation detection device, and door opening/closing method and operation detection method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,902, issued on May 6, was assigned to ALPHA Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan) and NISSAN JIDOSHA K.K. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Door opening/closing device and operation detection device, and door opening/closing method and operation detection method" was invented by Mitsuo Nishizuka (Yokohama, Japan), Takashi Ono (Yokohama, Japan) and Takao Toyama (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door opening/closing device includes an operation handle, a detection unit provided in the operation handle and configured to detect a contact state of a user with the operation handle, a door driving unit configured to open or close a door, and a control ...