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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy D. Koch, San Jose, CA (US);
Dylan L. Magida, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael B. Wittenberg, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry H. Yang, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alvin T. Chang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven C. Roach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jared P. Ostdiek, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
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.