ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,991, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Touchpad" was invented by Wei-Chiang Huang (Taipei, Taiwan), Wei-Ping Chan (Taipei, Taiwan), Tse-Ping Kuan (Taipei, Taiwan) and Ming-Hui Yeh (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touchpad includes a substrate, an elastic bracket and an actuating device. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The elastic bracket is located beside the second surface of the substrate. The actuating device includes a first actuating member and a second actuating member. The first actuating member is located near the second surface of the subst...