US Patent Issued to Apple on Aug. 11 for "Electromagnetic actuator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,514, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electromagnetic actuator" was invented by David Hiemstra (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Nils E. Larson (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a housing. The housing includes a first plate defining a first wall; a cover defining a second wall opposite the first wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall; and a second plate and a third plate, respectively defining a third sidewall, and a fourth sidewall opposite the third sidewall. The first, second, third, and fourth sidewalls extend between the fi...