US Patent Issued to Maintek Computer (Suzhou), PEGATRON on July 1 for "Key device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,632, issued on July 1, was assigned to Maintek Computer (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (JiangSu, China) and PEGATRON Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Key device" was invented by Jing-Bo Wang (JiangSu, China), Chun-Yen Huang (JiangSu, China) and Yan-Bo An (JiangSu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A key device including a casing, a soft material layer, a key, and an elastic support member is provided. The casing has a first assembly hole. The soft material layer is disposed on the casing and has a second assembly hole. The key presses the soft material layer and is disposed on the casing. The key has a key body, and the key body passes through the seco...