US 12,287,680 B1
Computing device case
Supratik Datta, Saratoga, CA (US); Karan S. Jain, San Jose, CA (US); Ehsan Khajeh, Los Gatos, CA (US); Arash Akhavan Fomani, Saratoga, CA (US); Daniel P Kumar, Fremont, CA (US); Eng Eow Goh, Fremont, CA (US); Meng Chi Lee, Los Altos, CA (US); Gang Ning, San Jose, CA (US); Andrew W. Joyce, San Jose, CA (US); Chengrui Zhang, San Jose, CA (US); Stephen T. Schooley, Menlo Park, CA (US); Timothy C. Wulff, Boulder, CO (US); Ross D. Arriens, San Jose, CA (US); Hao Dong, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Michael Sipper, Sandy Spring, MD (US); Jenna Dancy, Longmont, CO (US); Deepak Sharma, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Parin Patel, Monte Sereno, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/660,116.
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A case for an electronic device, the case comprising:
a case body; and
a case button positioned at least partially within the case body, the case button being movable inward and outward relative to the case body along an axis of button travel, and the case button comprising:
input regions disposed on a first surface, the input regions configured to receive a user input adjacent to a first input region of the input regions; and
receptor regions disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the receptor regions are respectively charge coupled to the input regions such that, in response to the user input, a transfer of electrical charge is configured to occur substantially between the first input region and a first receptor region of the receptor regions.