ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,396, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Wristbands with magnetic coupling" was invented by Zaki Moustafa (Palo Alto, Calif.), Qigen Ji (Fairfield, Calif.), Caitlin M. Mclain (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Clayton J. Mccoy (San Francisco), Hao Zhu (San Jose, Calif.), Hsiang Hung Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Stephen E. Dey (San Francisco) and Fernando F. Cunha (Ormond Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wristband can comfortably secure an electronic device, such as a wristwatch or fitness/health tracking device, to a wrist of a user. The wristband can include a number of magnets that allow the wristband to...