ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,815, issued on July 21, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Crown assembly and wearable device" was invented by Xiaogang Liu (Xi'an, China), Fangfang Li (Xi'an, China), Zhiwei Liu (Xi'an, China), Yanming Ren (Dongguan, China), Jinchao Gong (Xi'an, China), Shifeng Fu (Xi'an, China) and Weixin Huang (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example crown assembly includes a button tube, a crown, a spring piece, a switch, and a fastening frame. The crown includes a crown cap and a crown stem that are connected. The spring piece includes a first plate, an elastic arm, and a second plate. Two ends of the...