ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,353, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device" was invented by Trent J. Canales (Roseville, Calif.), Devon K. Copeland (San Francisco), YoungHoon Kim (San Jose, Calif.), Michael R. Parker (Loomis, Calif.), Dimitrios Papantonis (Cupertino, Calif.) and Tyler S. Atura Bushnell (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a housing sidewall defining an opening and a display component, such as a display cover, disposed in the opening to form a gap between the housing sidewall and the display component. In at least one example, the cavity is defined by the sidewall...