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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ran Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen K. Pomes, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brandon S. Smith, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Dinesh C. Mathew, Fremont, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may include a device housing having a topside and an underside. The electronic device may also include a mounting frame movable above the topside of the device housing and a finger biometric sensor carried by the mounting frame. A flexure member may be coupled to the underside of the device housing and configured to upwardly bias the mounting frame relative to the device housing. A pushbutton switch may be operatively coupled between the finger biometric sensor and the topside of the device housing.