ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,213, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Magnetic accessory for electronic devices" was invented by Timothy J. Rasmussen (San Jose, Calif.) and Geng Luo (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to support accessories for use with portable and/or handheld electrical devices having a magnetic element therein. Such a support accessory comprises a housing that defines an internal volume. In addition, a magnetic attachment element is housed within the internal volume and capable of a magnetic attachment with the magnetic element of the handheld device. The support accesso...