US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on Oct. 20 for "Restricting device for flexible wiring board and display device using the restricting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,382, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Restricting device for flexible wiring board and display device using the restricting device" was invented by Ken Koiwa (Fukushima, Japan), Tomoki Otsuka (Fukushima, Japan), Masanori Komatsu (Fukushima, Japan), Kei Furuta (Fukushima, Japan) and Hotaka Ojima (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A restricting device for a flexible wiring board includes an insertion portion into which at least both side portions of the flexible wiring board are inserted. The insertion portion includes: a rear restricting portions protruding in a thickness direction of the...