ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,058, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SHENZHEN ZESUM TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Multi-direction input device, controller having the device, and control apparatus having the controller" was invented by Yusho Nakase (Shenzhen, China), Wei Yang (Shenzhen, China), Shi-Ying Yang (Shenzhen, China) and Chao-Xian Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-direction input device includes a housing with a cavity and a first opening; an operation member swingably disposed in the cavity and configured to be pressed; a circuit board; a magnetic sensing assembly; and a press switch. The operation member has an ope...