ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,940, issued on May 20, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Vibration presenting device" was invented by Yuki Takahashi (Tokyo), Tomoya Ishitani (Tokyo), Takahiko Irie (Tokyo) and Yasutaka Kitamura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vibration presenting device includes an operation device; an electromagnetic actuator; and a control device. The electromagnetic actuator supports the operation device, and includes a base part formed in a plate shape, in which an electromagnet including a core and a coil is disposed;a movable part including a magnetic yoke disposed to face the electromagnet with a gap t...