US Patent Issued to Toyoda Gosei, Keio University on Sept. 8 for "Tactile feedback apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,513, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd. (Kiyosu, Japan) and Keio University (Tokyo).

"Tactile feedback apparatus" was invented by Tadatoshi Kurogi (Kiyosu, Japan), Takeshi Fujiwara (Kiyosu, Japan), Yuji Yonehara (Kiyosu, Japan), Kouta Minamizawa (Tokyo) and Taku Tanichi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tactile feedback apparatus includes a pressable portion on which a pressing action is performed by a pressing portion, a detection unit that detects an external force acting on the pressable portion or detects a position of the pressing portion with respect to the pressable portion, a vibration actuator tha...