US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on Nov. 4 for "Guide cam device, and on-board device using the guide cam device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,444, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Guide cam device, and on-board device using the guide cam device" was invented by Kimio Toba (Fukushima, Japan) and Jun Taniguchi (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide cam device includes a cam groove, a projection, and a restriction member. The cam groove includes: first, second, and third grooves, the second and third grooves branching forward from the first groove; and a locking recess positioned between a forward end of the second groove and a forward end of the third groove. The projection is configured to move forward and backward in the cam...