ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,550, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Pushbutton switch, operating unit, and amusement machine" was invented by Masaaki Sumi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amusement machine includes a button deck. The button deck includes a transparent support and a display together serving as a touchscreen, and a pushbutton switch. The pushbutton switch includes an operable portion attached to a first surface of the transparent support, and a detector attached to a second surface of the transparent support and facing the operable portion. The operable portion includes a button. The detector includes a...