US Patent Issued to ENHANCED VISIONS SYSTEMS on July 29 for "Ingress protected braille display" (Dutch, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,235, issued on July 29, was assigned to ENHANCED VISIONS SYSTEMS INC. (Clearwater, Fla.).

"Ingress protected braille display" was invented by Todd Conard (Ruskin, Fla.), Walter van Tujil (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Patrick Murphy (North Redington Beach, Fla.) and Maarten van Egmond (Rijnsburg, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a Braille display with protection against the ingress of contaminants. In one embodiment, contaminant protection is provided by a flexible film that is secured beneath the Braille dots of the display. This film both secures the dots and prevents contaminants from coming into contact with pin...