By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week — A patent application by the inventors PREST, Christopher D. (San Francisco, CA); SCOTT, Matthew S. (Campbell, CA); ZADESKY, Stephen P. (Portola Valley, CA); HELEY, Richard W. (Palo Alto, CA); STRATTON, Dermot J. (San Francisco, CA); POOLE, Joseph C. (San Francisco, CA), filed on June 18, 2012, was made available online on December 26, 2013, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by VerticalNews correspondents.
This patent application is assigned to Apple Inc.
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Locking fasteners are generally known and made of conventional metals, such as aluminum, brass, copper and steel, e.g., case hardened steel, as well as 316, 316L and 410 stainless steel. These conventional metals and alloys deform via the formation of dislocations, i.e., plastic work. For these conventional metals, the fabrication processes can mostly be placed into two categories–forming and cutting. Forming processes are those in which the applied force causes the material to plastically deform, but not to fail. Such processes are able to bend or stretch the metal into a desired shape. Cutting processes are those in which the applied force causes the material to fail and separate, allowing the material to be cut or removed. While the currently available fasteners are effective, an ever continuing need exists for tamper resistant fasteners, particularly for electronic devices. (…)
