US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on June 30 for "Detection device and door handle having longitudinally displaceable member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,388, issued on June 30, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Detection device and door handle having longitudinally displaceable member" was invented by Wataru Sato (Miyagi, Japan), Yuzuru Kawana (Miyagi, Japan) and Kazuhito Oshita (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection device provided in an interior of a vehicle door handle including an inner casing includes a base portion, a displaceable member, and a sensor. The base portion has a longitudinal shape extending along a longitudinal direction of the door handle, is disposed fixedly to the inner casing, and is configured to deform in response to a pressure...