ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,218, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Sustainable system and method of assembling a multifunctional upgradeable and expandable modular keyboard" was invented by Deeder M. Aurongzeb (Austin, Texas), Weijong Sheu (Austin, Texas) and Peng Lip Goh (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional upgradeable and expandable modular keyboard comprising a keyboard layout structure module having a plurality of keys and operatively coupled to a docking module via a docking module data and power connector and a releasable docking module fastener track and the keyboard layout structure module o...