US Patent Issued to Lenovo Global Technology (United States) on Nov. 3 for "Position detection using a capacitive sensor" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,170, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Lenovo Global Technology (United States) Inc. (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Position detection using a capacitive sensor" was invented by Paul Sawyer (Garner, N.C.), Timothy M Wiwel (Raleigh, N.C.), Walter A Goodman (Cary, N.C.), Matt Crownover (Apex, N.C.) and Bradley Paul Antczak (Rolesville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion board includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic subsystem and a connector for receiving power from, and communicating with, a motherboard. The expansion board also includes a capacitive sensor for close non-contact alignment with a unique pattern of inwa...