ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,742, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Logitech Europe S.A. (Lausanne, Switzerland).
"Magnetic analog switch and substrate" was invented by Feng-Hao Lin (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Jeremie Willemin (Bussigny, Switzerland), Yu-Lun Lin (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Ranjith Hosur Ganesh (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Yu-Sen Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyed device comprising a substrate and a keyswitch mounted thereon. The keyswitch includes a plunger operable to be depressed and move between a first position and a second position defining a range of motion, and a magnet coupled to the plunger. When the plunger is ...