US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on May 6 for "Input device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,873, issued on May 6, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Input device" was invented by Tatsuhiro Tomiyama (Miyagi, Japan), Kazunari Takahashi (Miyagi, Japan), Yuki Ikezoe (Miyagi, Japan), Takenori Takahashi (Miyagi, Japan), Misuzu Suto (Miyagi, Japan), Tomoya Endo (Miyagi, Japan) and Takeshi Shirasaka (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device which is capable of imparting a magnetic operational reaction force, includes a stationary member, a magnetic member fixed to the stationary member, a movable member at least partially housed in the stationary member to which the magnetic member is fixed, and a dr...