ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,414, issued on April 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Coupling structures for electronic device housings" was invented by Matthew D. Hill (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michael B. Wittenberg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Shane Bustle (Cupertino, Calif.) and Duy P. Le (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing comprises a first component and a second component separated from the first component by a gap. The housing also includes a first molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and defining at least a portion of an interlock feature, and a second ...