ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,992, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device" was invented by Yuta Tamaki (Chiba, Japan), Hironobu Endo (Tokyo) and Yasuhiro Ootori (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Buttons (41A, 41B) have a button moving part (42) disposed in front of a circuit board (51) and allowed to move in a front-back direction, and guided parts (42e) moving in conjunction with the button moving part (42). The buttons (41A, 41B) cause the button moving part (42) to operate a switch (52) of the circuit board (51). Guide parts (21E, 21F) are disposed along the guided parts (42e) and restrict...