Patents by Inventor Taiji YAMANAKA

Taiji YAMANAKA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180099220
    Abstract: An input device is provided with: an operation member having an operation part, the intended operations thereof being pressing and rotation, and a shaft part that extends from the operation part in the direction of the pressing operation; a support structure having a bearing part that is attached in such a manner as to allow the shaft part to move back and forth along the axis thereof as well as to rotate about said axis; a spring member that provides the operation member with a restoring force against pressing operations; a pressing operation detecting switch that outputs a signal corresponding to the displacement of the operation member that occurs due to a pressing operation; and a rotation operation detecting mechanism that outputs a signal corresponding to the displacement of the operation member that occurs due to a rotation operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi HAYASAKA, Taiji YAMANAKA