ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,784, issued on June 30, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Crown sensing system for an electronic watch" was invented by Richard A. Davis (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to an electronic watch that includes a housing defining a side wall and a display positioned at least partially in the housing. The electronic watch can include an input system that includes a mounting bracket coupled to the side wall, a crown coupled to the mounting bracket and configured to rotate and translate with respect to the housing and a flex plate coupled to the mounting bracket and configured to ben...