US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on March 25 for "Input device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,000, issued on March 25, 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 base, an operation panel, and a shaft portion. The input device includes a first operation knob having a first operation part to swing the panel in a first swing direction and a second operation part to swing the panel in a second swing direction, the second operation knob having a third operation part to swing the panel in the second swing direction and a fourth operation part to swing the operation panel in the first swing direction. The input ...