ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,149, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Input device" was invented by Akizumi Saito (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Ohara (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes a housing; an invertible spring provided inside the housing; a load sensor arranged alongside the invertible spring inside the housing; a stem extending across a top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and configured to push both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor in response to an operating load applied to the stem; and a first fixed contact provided inside the housing, wherein the...