ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,047, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CHICONY ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Keyboard and key module thereof" was invented by Chun-Ting Lin (New Taipei, Taiwan), Chun-Wei Chien (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Lyu-Cyuan Zeng (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyboard includes a circuit board module and a key module. The key module includes a keycap, a connecting seat, a connecting assembly and an elastic member. The connecting seat is disposed on the circuit board module. The connecting seat has an opening. One end of the connecting assembly connects to the keycap, and the other end connects to the connecting ...