ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,187, issued on April 29, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Operation handle structure of device" was invented by Futoshi Koga (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This operation handle structure of a device includes a grip (41A, 51A) capable of operating a device (1) and grasped by an operator; and a vibration device (46, 56) that transmits vibration to the grip (41A, 51A) and informs the operator of information. The vibration device (46, 56) is located on a side of an end portion (37e) of the grip (41A, 51A). The vibration device (46, 56) is provided with an actuator (71) and an eccentric weight (72) and is located in a...