US Patent Issued to OMRON on March 17 for "Pushbutton switch, operating unit, and amusement machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,859, issued on March 17, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Pushbutton switch, operating unit, and amusement machine" was invented by Masaaki Sumi (Kyoto, Japan) and Takehiro Agata (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amusement machine includes a button deck (10). The button deck (10) includes a transparent support plate (13) and a display (12) together serving as a touchscreen, and a pushbutton switch (15). The pushbutton switch (15) includes an operable portion (20) attached to one surface of the transparent support plate (13), and a detector (30) attached to another surface of the transparent support plate (1...