US Patent Issued to Lite-On Technology on April 29 for "Illuminated keyboard and backlight module" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,507, issued on April 29, was assigned to Lite-On Technology Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Illuminated keyboard and backlight module" was invented by Yi-Wen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated keyboard includes a keyboard module, a circuit board and a backlight module. The keyboard module includes a bracket and at least one first key cap, disposed above the bracket. The circuit board has a first surface facing towards the at least one first key cap and a second surface facing away from the at least one first key cap, at least one top-emitting element is disposed on the first surface, and at least one side-emit...