ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,697, issued on June 10, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Crown assembly for an electronic watch" was invented by Steven C. Roach (San Francisco), Sameer Pandya (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Erik G. de Jong (San Francisco), Erik L. Wang (Redwood City, Calif.), Peter Kardassakis (Mountain View, Calif.) and Steven P. Cardinali (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining ...