ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,094, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Touch control module, touch control panel, and home appliance" was invented by Qingqiang Zou (Nanjing, China), Ming Zang (Nanjing, China), Xuemei Bai (Nanjing, China) and Jun Li (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch control module of a touch control panel includes a circuit module and elastic conductors on a first surface of the circuit module. A support is arranged on the first surface of the circuit module. Positioning portions corresponding to the elastic conductors are provided on the support. Isolation members are arranged on the positioning ...