ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,288, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Input device" was invented by Takayuki Saijo (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes: a housing; an operation panel that includes an operation portion configured to receive touching and pressing from an operator, and is supported so as to be rockable relative to the housing; a substrate that is housed in the housing; an electrostatic detection electrode configured to detect the touching; and a pressure detector configured to detect the pressing. The operation portion includes a first operation portion configured to receive both of th...