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公开(公告)号：US20250112006A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-03
申请号：US18742349
申请日：2024-06-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Darya Amin-Shahidi , Stephanie Moon , Alex M. Lee , Daniel M. Winslow , Scott D. Ridel , Jere C. Harrison , Jacob Barton , Ehsan Masoumi Khalil Abad , Kevin Y. Chung , Jinhong Qu , Sai Sharon Injeti , Fu-Ying Huang
Abstract: A device includes a button, a base, a haptic engine coupled to the base, and a fastener fastening the button to the base and allowing movement of the button with respect to the base. The movement of the button with respect to the base enables, in part, a better alignment of the button with a device housing to which the base is attached. The haptic engine may include a core, an electric coil wound around a portion of the core, and an attraction plate separated from the core by a gap. The base may include a frame, a set of tabs extending from the core and fastened to the button to allow the movement of the button with respect to the base, and a set of flexures extending from the tabs and coupling the core to the frame. The attraction plate may also be coupled to the frame.
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公开(公告)号：US12008286B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-11
申请号：US18055702
申请日：2022-11-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Sedat Pala , Jere C. Harrison , Mi Hye Shin
IPC: G06F3/16 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044
CPC classification number: G06F3/16 , G06F3/03545 , G06F3/0383 , G06F3/04162 , G06F3/0441 , G06F3/0442
Abstract: Locating a lost stylus, or other peripheral input device can be made possible by acoustic resonators integrated within housing structures of the stylus. Acoustic resonators can be formed at an end of the stylus opposite its tip, and can include portions of the stylus outer housing that are thinned down to an engineered thickness that has a particular resonant behavior or frequency. In some examples, acoustic resonators can be formed at a cap portion of the stylus, and can include a resonant diaphragm attached to at least a portion of a cap boundary. Cap coverings for the cap portion can optionally have openings to allow ventilation for changes in air pressure generated beneath the covering. In some examples, an electronic device can communicate a location request to the stylus and can cause the stylus to generate an acoustic signal for a specified target detector using the acoustic resonators.
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公开(公告)号：US20230006528A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-05
申请号：US17676073
申请日：2022-02-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Alex J. Speltz , Xin Alice Wu
Abstract: A double helix actuator is disclosed that includes a double helix coil wound around a movable proof mass that is enclosed within a magnetic structure. The double helix coil and the magnetic structure are arranged relative to each other so that the magnetic field generated by the entirety of the double helix coil contributes to a linear force direction of the actuator. The double helix actuator produces a greater linear force density compared to traditional racetrack coil actuators, where only a portion of the coil contributes to the linear force. The double helix actuator also produces torque in addition to linear force which allows the double helix to provide unique haptic sensations in a variety of applications.
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公开(公告)号：US12183115B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-31
申请号：US17931458
申请日：2022-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Qi Wang , Jere C. Harrison , Mi Hye Shin , Yunhan Chen
Abstract: Examples of the disclosure are directed to micro-machined ultrasonic transducers (MUTs) which can be embedded into a flexible band of a watch to detect touch, gestures, physiological signals, and transfer data. In some examples, the MUTs can include a piezoelectric material disposed between two electrodes and coupled to a base material having a plurality of cavities, to support motion of the transducer structure. In some examples, the MUTs can be coupled to multiplexing circuitry to stimulate, configure and control the MUTs. In some examples, the size, shape, and arrangement of transducers can be changed to improve characteristics associated with ultrasonic transmission. In some examples, the MUT array can be driven (e.g., by the CMOS circuitry) to beamform the transmitted and/or the received ultrasonic waves. In some examples, the one or more MUT arrays can be configured to generate haptic feedback via the flexible band.
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公开(公告)号：US11258343B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-22
申请号：US15985619
申请日：2018-05-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Alex J. Speltz , Xin Alice Wu
Abstract: A double helix actuator is disclosed that includes a double helix coil wound around a movable proof mass that is enclosed within a magnetic structure. The double helix coil and the magnetic structure are arranged relative to each other so that the magnetic field generated by the entirety of the double helix coil contributes to a linear force direction of the actuator. The double helix actuator produces a greater linear force density compared to traditional racetrack coil actuators, where only a portion of the coil contributes to the linear force. The double helix actuator also produces torque in addition to linear force which allows the double helix to provide unique haptic sensations in a variety of applications.
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公开(公告)号：US10694014B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-23
申请号：US15713555
申请日：2017-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Alex J. Speltz , Sheng Liu
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments of haptic locomotion use one or more actuators to: 1) determine the properties of contact surfaces to improve various applications that use haptic locomotion; 2) automatically improve power transfer efficiency during wireless charging or cellular or wireless signal reception; 3) increase device accessibility for visually or hearing impaired users; 4) improve speaker and microphone performance; 5) protect a free falling mobile device from impact damage by orienting the mobile device to a low-risk orientation during free fall, or by driving the mobile device away from a high-risk orientation during free fall; and 6) control asymmetric surface friction using a directional magnetic field provided by an actuator to improve haptic locomotion in a desired direction of travel.
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公开(公告)号：US10802592B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-13
申请号：US16147321
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Xin Alice Wu , Sheng Liu , Yi-Heng Sen
Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of magnetic virtual springs for haptic systems. In an embodiment, a haptic system comprises: a magnetic housing having a surface with a surface profile; a mechanical spring system disposed in the housing, the mechanical spring system including one or more mechanical springs; a mass disposed within the housing and mechanically coupled to the mechanical spring system, the mass including or coupled to a magnet, the surface profile causing a magnetic force component to be generated in at least one direction that varies with the magnet position, the magnetic force component combining with a mechanical force component provided by the mechanical springs.
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公开(公告)号：US20200103970A1
公开(公告)日：2020-04-02
申请号：US16147321
申请日：2018-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Xin Alice Wu , Sheng Liu , Yi-Heng Sen
Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of magnetic virtual springs for haptic systems. In an embodiment, a haptic system comprises: a magnetic housing having a surface with a surface profile; a mechanical spring system disposed in the housing, the mechanical spring system including one or more mechanical springs; a mass disposed within the housing and mechanically coupled to the mechanical spring system, the mass including or coupled to a magnet, the surface profile causing a magnetic force component to be generated in at least one direction that varies with the magnet position, the magnetic force component combining with a mechanical force component provided by the mechanical springs.
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公开(公告)号：US20190356210A1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-21
申请号：US15985619
申请日：2018-05-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jere C. Harrison , Alex J. Speltz , Xin Alice Wu
IPC: H02K41/03
Abstract: A double helix actuator is disclosed that includes a double helix coil wound around a movable proof mass that is enclosed within a magnetic structure. The double helix coil and the magnetic structure are arranged relative to each other so that the magnetic field generated by the entirety of the double helix coil contributes to a linear force direction of the actuator. The double helix actuator produces a greater linear force density compared to traditional racetrack coil actuators, where only a portion of the coil contributes to the linear force. The double helix actuator also produces torque in addition to linear force which allows the double helix to provide unique haptic sensations in a variety of applications.
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10.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190311588A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US15945912
申请日：2018-04-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi-Heng Sen , Jere C. Harrison , Alex J. Speltz
IPC: G08B6/00
Abstract: A haptic actuator may include first and second bodies movable along an arcuate path of travel. The haptic actuator may also include a biasing member coupled between the first and second bodies. At least one electrical coil may be configured to move the first and second bodies to produce a haptic effect.
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