US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on July 21 for "Pressing operation body and switch device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,986, issued on July 21, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Pressing operation body and switch device" was invented by Hidetaka Sato (Miyagi, Japan), Katsutoshi Usui (Miyagi, Japan), Daichi Tomita (Miyagi, Japan) and Hideyuki Ishida (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressing operation body includes an inversion spring having a dome shape; and a rubber stem configured to bend in response to pressing and press the inversion spring. The inversion spring includes a dome portion, and a plurality of leg portions that are extended outward from an outer peripheral edge of the dome portion. The rubber stem includes a ...