ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,626, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Peratech IP Ltd. (North Yorkshire, Great Britain).
"Touch pad" was invented by Lv Bing (Jiangsu, China), Zhang Heng (Jiansu, China), Zhang Chuanyang (Jiansu, China), Xu Feng (Jiansu, China), You Dawei (Jiansu, China) and Cao Jin (Jiansu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch pad, comprises a housing comprising a vibration device, a cover, a capacitive sensing layer electrically connected to a processor and a pressure sensing layer arranged in the housing, also electrically connected to the processor. The capacitive sensing layer is positioned between the cover and the pressure sensing la...