ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,238, issued on April 14, was assigned to CASIO COMPUTER Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device and electronic timepiece" was invented by Shinya Cho (Hamura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a first plate spring, a second plate spring and a substrate. The first plate spring extends in a first direction from a fixed end. The second plate spring branches off from the first plate spring and extends in the first direction beyond a tip of the first plate spring in the first direction. The substrate has an electrode that contacts the second plate spring accompanied by the first plate spring being pushed by a...