US Patent Issued to OMRON on Aug. 26 for "Pushbutton switch, pushbutton switch unit, operating unit, and amusement machine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,510, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Pushbutton switch, pushbutton switch unit, operating unit, and amusement machine" was invented by Masaaki Sumi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pushbutton switch according to one or more embodiments includes an attachment fixed to one surface of a support, an operable portion removably engaged with the attachment, and a detector attached to another surface of the support. The attachment has a loose-fitting hole to loosely receive the movable magnet with the operable portion being engaged with the attachment."

The patent was filed on May 28, 2020, unde...