ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,346, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Modular strap for an electronic device" was invented by Kendall L. Helbert (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mountable display (HMD) system includes a display portion, a modular securement assembly connectable to the display portion, and a dongle configured to connect the removable strap to at least one of a power supply, a computing device, or an external display. In some examples, the modular securement assembly includes: a removable strap with an electronics pod with a thermal shell and a thermal conduit; and a retention band connectable t...