US Patent Issued to Apple on March 25 for "Mounting structures for portable electronic devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,969, issued on March 25, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Mounting structures for portable electronic devices" was invented by Adam D. Mittleman (Redwood City, Calif.), Kenneth A. Jenks (Cupertino, Calif.) and Karen Y. Cheng (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device such as a handheld electronic device is provided. The device may have upper and lower portions. The upper portion may have clips that attach to springs on the lower portion. The device may have a housing with a bezel. A prong on the springs may ground the bezel. A vibrator mounting bracket may hold a vibrator in place ...