ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,522, issued on March 3, was assigned to Tokyo Cosmos Electric Co. Ltd. (Zama, Japan).
"Electric component" was invented by Hajime Fukushima (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electric component which mitigates stress acting on a terminal. This electric component comprises: an operation part disposed so as to extend in a predetermined direction; an electrical processing part which has a terminal protruding in a direction crossing the extension direction of the operation part and outputs an electrical signal in response to an operation of the operation part; and a plurality of fixation parts which are dispos...