US Patent Issued to Apple on Sept. 1 for "Portable electronic device having a haptic button assembly" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,495, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Portable electronic device having a haptic button assembly" was invented by Jared P. Ostdiek (San Francisco), Jesse P. Harris (Saratoga, Calif.) and Richard H. Koch (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic button assembly may be used for detecting inputs and providing haptic outputs at an electronic device. The haptic outputs may be provided in response to detected inputs or in response to other conditions at the electronic device. The haptic button assembly may define an input surface along an exterior of the electronic device. Inputs may be p...