ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,260, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Electronic device" was invented by Sameer Pandya (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Dakota A. Bass (Foster City, Calif.), Daniel J. Barrett (Redwood City, Calif.), Erik G. de Jong (San Francisco), Xuan Liu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Kiran S. Pillai (San Bruno, Calif.) and Mario Martinis (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable or wearable electronic device can include a device housing defining an internal volume, and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume. The electronic component can be an input component and can have a component housing. The...