US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on May 6 for "Input device with an electrostatic capacity detector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,047, issued on May 6, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Input device with an electrostatic capacity detector" was invented by Yoshifumi Shakado (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Masutani (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hideaki Eto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes: a panel on which a pressing operation is performed by an operating body; a substrate provided on a back surface side of the panel; a first electrode provided on the substrate; a holder that is provided on a back surface side of the substrate, includes a second electrode at a part facing the first electrode, and engage...