ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,983, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Haptic trackpad loudspeaker" was invented by Eric Simpson (Carnation, Wash.), Christian Lorenz (Redmond, Wash.), Nicolas Deforeit (Seattle), Christopher Michael Forrester (Kirkland, Wash.), Alfonso Martinez (Duvall, Wash.), Chun Beng Goh (Bellevue, Wash.) and Thomas Joseph Longo (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Current mobile devices that feature force feedback touchpads include haptic engines that operate in a narrow bandwidth and therefore cannot be used as a dual-purpose center channel for media playback. Further, a...