ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,566, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"High tolerance connection between elements" was invented by Scott A. Myers (Saratoga, Calif.), Mattia Pascolini (Cupertino, Calif.), Richard Hung Minh Dinh (Cupertino, Calif.), Trent Weber (San Francisco), Robert Schlub (Palo Alto, Calif.), Josh Nickel (Cupertino, Calif.), Robert Hill (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Nanbo Jin (Cupertino, Calif.) and Tang Yew Tan (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can ...