ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,324, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Switch" was invented by Akizumi Saito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switch includes a housing and a metal terminal that is insert-molded into the housing. The metal terminal includes a contact portion provided on a first side of the metal terminal, an external connection portion provided on a second side of the metal terminal, and an embedded portion provided between the contact portion and the external connection portion and embedded in the housing. In the embedded portion, groove portions are formed in a front surface of the metal terminal and a rear s...