ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,860, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to APPLE INC (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic device" was invented by Eric T. Chiang (San Francisco), David W. Robison (San Jose, Calif.), Nikolas T. Vitt (Boulder, Colo.) and Tyler S. Atura Bushnell (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a housing sidewall defining an opening and a display component, such as a display cover, disposed in the opening to form a gap between the housing sidewall and the display component. In at least one example, the cavity is defined by the sidewall and the display cover with the cavity in fluid communication with an external envi...