US Patent Issued to Apple on May 12 for "Button mechanism for waterproof housing" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,526, issued on May 12, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Button mechanism for waterproof housing" was invented by Matthew J. Cheung (Castro Valley, Calif.) and Colin T. McLain (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device can include: a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal volume, the exterior surface defining a recess having a base portion and a sidewall, the housing forming a continuous component; a button body positioned within the recess; an emissive object attached to the button body, the emissive object being movable between a first position and a second position and configu...