ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,236, issued on April 14, was assigned to Acer Inc. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Key structure" was invented by Hung-Chi Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Cheng-Han Lin (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chuan-Hua Wang (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Po-Yi Lee (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Pin-Chueh Lin (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A key structure including a base plate, a thin film circuit, a display key, an elastic supporting member, and a lifting mechanism is provided. The thin film circuit is disposed on the base plate. The display key is disposed above the thin film circuit. The elastic supporting member is disposed b...