Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device having a sealed biometric input system
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Application No.: US17471031Application Date: 2021-09-09
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Publication No.: US12093359B2Publication Date: 2024-09-17
- Inventor: Timothy D. Koch , Dylan L. Magida , Michael B. Wittenberg , Henry H. Yang , Alvin T. Chang , Steven C. Roach , Jared P. Ostdiek
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: H04M1/72
- IPC: H04M1/72 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F21/32 ; G06V40/13 ; H04B1/3827 ; H04M1/02 ; H04B1/38

Abstract:
A portable electronic device may include a housing member defining a side surface of the portable electronic device, a portion of the housing member defining a side wall of a hole extending through the housing member, a button member positioned along the side surface and defining a chassis portion and a hollow post extending into the hole defined through the housing member, and a first waterproof seal defined between the hollow post and the side wall of the hole. The portable electronic device may also include a biometric sensing component coupled to the chassis portion, a flexible circuit element extending through the hollow post and conductively coupling the biometric sensing component to a component within the housing, and a second waterproof seal defined within the hollow post.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220100833A1 Electronic Device Having a Sealed Biometric Input System Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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