ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,075, issued on May 27, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Knob structure" was invented by Wei-Chieh Huang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Jung-Chun Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knob structure includes a base support, a knob portion, a seat and a plurality of elastic pieces. The knob portion has an inner wall surface. The inner wall surface is inclined to an axis and surrounds the axis to define a space. The knob portion is signally connected to a processor and configured to rotate relative to the base support about the axis. The seat is at least partially located in the space. The seat is at least partia...