ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,053, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Smartwatch with detachable case and clutch crown mechanism" was invented by Yuliang Yao (Xi'an, China), Shuai He (Shenzhen, China), Xiaogang Liu (Xi'an, China) and Jie Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smartwatch includes case, a crown, a guide rod, and an internal mechanism case. The case is detachably coupled to an outer side of the internal mechanism case. A through hole is disposed on the case. The guide rod is disposed on the internal mechanism case and is opposite the through hole. A stem of the crown extends throug...