ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,559, issued on May 27, was assigned to FANUC Corp. (Yamanashi, Japan).
"Safety switch device" was invented by Qin Chen Tan (Yamanashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety switch device including a device main body and a movable portion capable of moving in a predetermined moving direction. The device main body is provided with a back surface supporting portion having a supporting surface which supports a back surface of a mobile terminal, and a main-body-side holding portion which pushes one side of the mobile terminal, and the movable portion is provided with a movable-portion-side holding portion which pushes the other si...