ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,792, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Touch pad with biasing elastic body" was invented by Akihisa Okuni (Kanagawa, Japan), Issei Kurosawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazumi Nakaju (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch pad, on which a pointing operation is performed by a hand, includes: a sensor board configured to recognize a touch position by a hand; an outer frame configured to be fixed to the sensor board; an arm portion configured to be disposed on an inner side of the outer frame; a switch configured to be provided between one end of the arm portion and the sensor board; a ...