US Patent Issued to Alps Alpine on Oct. 20 for "Actuator switch" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,810, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).

"Actuator switch" was invented by Allen K. Schwartz (Oxford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator switch includes a first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first toggle position in a first direction and a second toggle position in a second direction and a third toggle position in a third direction transverse to the first and second directions and a fourth toggle position in a fourth direction opposite the third direction. A first switch member is movable from an inactivated position to a first position in an upward direction and...