ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,697, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

"Housing assembly having waterproof function and electronic device including same" was invented by Heecheul Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongseok Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gyeongtae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sangmin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a housing which forms an outer appearance of the electronic device and includes a frame including a step and a cover member which faces the step of the frame, a support member between the step and the cover member and is bonded to...