ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,962, issued on June 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Electronic devices with displays and camera windows" was invented by Lee E Hooton (Massapequa, N.Y.), Jia Liu (San Jose, Calif.), Paul Choiniere (Livermore, Calif.) and Daniel W Jarvis (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic devices may be provided with components such as displays and cameras. A display may be mounted in a housing. The housing may have a sidewall. A bent portion of the display may be embedded in epoxy that is separated from the sidewall by an air gap. Adhesive may attach the epoxy to the housing. A metal support that is chem...