ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,307, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Touch sensor" was invented by Hiromitsu Niwa (Gifu Ken, Japan), Takafumi Adachi (Gifu Ken, Japan) and Mitsuru Satou (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible wiring board includes an insulating board, a ground layer, and at least one first lightning arrester electrically connected to the ground layer. The first lightning arrester extends from the ground layer to a contour end of the insulating board positioned near a connection area. The first lightning arrester is configured so that one end is positioned ...