ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,331, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN ZESUM TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Multi-directional input device" was invented by Yusho Nakase (Shenzhen, China), Shiying Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Chaoxian Chen (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-directional input device, including: a first casing provided with a first containing space with a first opening; an operating body, wherein one end of the operating body is provided with a tiltable operating portion penetrating through the first opening, and another end of the operating body extends into the first containing space and is provided w...