US Patent Issued to LG Electronics, AD SEMICON on Nov. 3 for "Touch input device and laundry treating apparatus comprising same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,411, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) and AD SEMICON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Touch input device and laundry treating apparatus comprising same" was invented by Daeho Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Cheol Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch input device includes a printed circuit board, a second substrate receiving a touch input from a user, and a spring member mounted on the surface of the printed circuit board and arranged to be in contact with the second substrate. The spring member includes a middle portion formed by a spring having a first diameter; a first...