ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,104, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FORWARD ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Encoder with light emitting diode" was invented by Ching-Hao Chung (Taipei City, Taiwan), Chun-Lin Huang (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Hsiu-Chen Li (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An encoder with a light emitting diode includes: a light emitting diode, a switch module, an encoder module and a control shaft. The switch module includes an insulating base having a terminal part, a conductive elastic piece and a pressing driving body. The conductive elastic piece is disposed in the insulating base, and is disposed above the terminal...