ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,344, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Touch input device" was invented by Thomas Joseph Longo (Sammamish, Wash.), Tianyu Zhao (Sammamish, Wash.), Nayeem Sardarsab Desai (Bellevue, Wash.) and Cecil Tetteh Kumah (Woodinville, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input device comprises a touch surface and a printed circuit board comprising a switch. A mounting bracket comprises a boss aligned with the switch, and a plurality of flat springs each comprise a bracket end affixed to the mounting bracket and an opposite end coupled to the printed circuit board."
The patent was filed...