US Patent Issued to Geneva Lake Astrophysics and STEAM on Aug. 12 for "Variable force keyboard" (Wisconsin, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,620, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Geneva Lake Astrophysics and STEAM Inc. (Walworth, Wis.).

"Variable force keyboard" was invented by Lawrence R. Happ (Lake Geneva, Wis.), Kate Meredith (Williams Bay, Wis.) and Katya Gozman (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable force keyboard may include a keyboard box, a plurality of keys operatively connected to the keyboard box for movement relative to the keyboard box, and, for each of the plurality of keys, a resistive force may be provided that opposes movement of the corresponding one of the plurality of keys. The resistive force may be applied by key springs or oth...