ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,942, issued on April 29, was assigned to AITO BV (Amsterdam).
"Touch-interface arrangement" was invented by Panu Perko (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, a touch-interface arrangement comprises an overlay layer; a capacitive sensor printed circuit board assembly, PCBA, mounted to the overlay layer, wherein the overlay layer is positioned on a first side of the capacitive sensor PCBA; at least one piezoelectric actuator positioned on a second side of the capacitive sensor PCBA, opposing the first side of the capacitive sensor PCBA, wherein the at least one piezoelectric actuator comprises a suppo...