ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,381, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DENSO TEN Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).
"Lever switch, display device, and in-vehicle device" was invented by Keiji Nebiki (Kobe, Japan) and Takahiro Tsukada (Kobe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lever switch includes: an operation lever including an operation portion to which an operation load is to be applied, and configured to swing around a rotation axis; a first drive lever driven by the operation lever and configured to swing around a first fulcrum to drive a first switch in response to the operation lever being operated around the rotation axis in a first direction; and a second drive leve...