US Patent Issued to Lite-On Technology on Oct. 27 for "Keyboard" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,459, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Lite-On Technology Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Keyboard" was invented by Yi-Wen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyboard including a backlight module, a base plate disposed on the backlight module, a membrane circuit disposed on the base plate, and a plurality of keycaps disposed on the membrane circuit is provided. The backlight module includes a light source and a reflective layer. The light source and a corresponding circuitry are arranged on the reflective layer, and a circuitry connecting portion extends from the reflective layer. The base plate has a positioning portion...