US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,388, issued on Sept. 29.

"Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device" was invented by Colin M. Ely (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Fletcher R. Rothkopf (Los Altos, Calif.), Christopher M. Werner (San Jose, Calif.), John B. Morrell (Los Gatos, Calif.), Camille Moussette (Los Gatos, Calif.), Duncan Kerr (San Francisco) and Anna-Katrina Shedletsky (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, and a...