Apple inc. (20240411847). ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SEALED BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM

ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SEALED BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Timothy D. Koch of San Jose CA (US)

Dylan L. Magida of San Francisco CA (US)

Michael B. Wittenberg of San Francisco CA (US)

Henry H. Yang of Los Gatos CA (US)

Alvin T. Chang of San Francisco CA (US)

Steven C. Roach of San Francisco CA (US)

Jared P. Ostdiek of San Francisco CA (US)

ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SEALED BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240411847 titled 'ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SEALED BIOMETRIC INPUT SYSTEM

Original Abstract Submitted

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.