US Patent Issued to Apple on Feb. 24 for "Accessory device with concealed internal buttons features" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,887, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Accessory device with concealed internal buttons features" was invented by Timothy C. Wulff (Boulder, Colo.), Joshua A. Hoover (Boulder, Colo.), Joshua Siu (Fremont, Calif.), Daniel J. Hagewood (Boulder, Colo.), Yue Liang (Shenzhen, China), Stephen T. Schooley (Menlo Park, Calif.), Nishant R. Jayant (San Francisco), Chengrui Zhang (San Jose, Calif.) and Mengshen Wu (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accessory device with a button includes modifications and features to conceal internal features of the button as well as block light from passing throug...