US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on July 7 for "Input device having magnetic sensor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,127, issued on July 7, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Input device having magnetic sensor" was invented by Nobuyuki Ninomiya (Miyagi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device includes a fixing member, a rotatable movable member supported by the fixing member rotatably about a first direction as a center of rotation, an annular magnetic member comprising a body, a first extended portion, and a second extended portion, and having a divided space formed between the first extended portion and the second extended portion facing along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the annular magnetic ...