ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,314, issued on May 27, was assigned to Finalmouse LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Hall effect keyboard" was invented by Ashkon Shayani (Dana Point, Calif.), Daniel James Blase (Everett, Wash.), Maxime Dirk R Vincent (Hasselt, Belgium) and Nathan Stanislaw Zuber (Lake Forest Fark, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A keyboard includes a plurality of keys. Each key includes a keycap, a coil spring extending from a top side of the keycap to a bottom side of the transparent top case, and a magnet positioned within the keycap. The coil spring biases the keycap toward an undepressed position."
The patent was filed on July 19, 2024, under Applica...