ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,994, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Button assembly and electronic apparatus comprising same" was invented by Sangho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Geunyong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangjin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button assembly includes: a printed circuit board to which a contact switch is connected; a button member that receives an external force and presses the contact switch; and a support frame that is disposed on the front surface of the printed circuit board and includes a mounting hole to which the button member is mounted,...