Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Button providing force sensing and/or haptic output
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Application No.: US16146243Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10691211B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Darya Amin-Shahidi , Alex M. Lee , Brenton A. Baugh
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06F3/02 ; H01H13/12 ; G01L1/14 ; G01L1/22 ; H02K11/20

Abstract:
A module includes a permanent magnet biased electromagnetic haptic engine having a stator and a rotor; a constraint coupled to the stator and the rotor; and a force sensor at least partially attached to the permanent magnet biased electromagnetic haptic engine and configured to sense a force applied to the rotor. The constraint is configured to constrain closure of a gap between the rotor and the stator and bias the rotor toward a rest position in which the rotor is separated from the stator by the gap.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200103968A1 Button Providing Force Sensing and/or Haptic Output Public/Granted day:2020-04-02
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