ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,921, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to HIGGSTEC INC. (Yilan County, Taiwan).
"Touch sensor" was invented by Hung-Yu Tsai (Yilan County, Taiwan), Yung-Chuan Hsu (Yilan County, Taiwan) and Zhe-Wei Zhang (Yilan County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch sensor comprises two baseplates arranged at intervals, a first electrode disposed between the baseplates, and a pressure sensing module. Two-dimensional touch control of the sensor is achieved by the first electrode. An insulating material is provided between the module and the first electrode. The module comprises a second electrode based on the insulating material and dispose...