US Patent Issued to DARFON ELECTRONICS on July 29 for "Keyswitch structure and keycap supporting mechanism thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,512, issued on July 29, was assigned to DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Keyswitch structure and keycap supporting mechanism thereof" was invented by Chih-Chung Yen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Jan-Don Jane (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hsiao-Han Chu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyswitch structure includes a base plate, a keycap, and a keycap support mechanism. The keycap support mechanism is connected to and between the base plate and the keycap. The keycap is movable relative to the base plate through the keycap support mechanism. The keycap support mechanism includes an inner support and an outer support. The outer...