ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,668, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Button device and electronic device comprising same" was invented by Sungjun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changok Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngkyu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided that includes a housing including a key hole and a vent hole, a button member including a body part disposed to cover the key hole and the vent hole, and a button protrusion inserted into the key hole, a substrate member including a switch actuated based on the b...