ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,829, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Input system for portable electronic device" was invented by Matthew J. Cheung (Castro Valley, Calif.), Morgan M. Wagner (San Francisco) and Melissa Fung (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include an input button system including an input member positioned along the side exterior surface of a housing component and configured to receive a force input, a beam structure at least partially within the enclosure, the beam structure configured to be deflected as a result of the force input on the input member, a first strain sens...