Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Haptic actuator including slidably coupled masses including coils and related methods
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Application No.: US14858754Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US09966825B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Arman Hajati , Jonah A. Harley
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02K33/02
- IPC: H02K33/02 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/02 ; H04M19/04 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
A haptic actuator may include a housing having a top and a bottom, and first and second permanent magnets carried by the top and bottom, respectively, of the housing. The haptic actuator may also include a field member carried by the housing. The field member may include a coil between the first and second permanent magnets, first and second ends, and a first mass between the first end and the coil, and a second mass between the second end and the coil. A first shaft may slidably couple the first mass to the housing, and a second shaft may slidably couple the second mass to the housing. The haptic actuator may also include a first set of biasing members between the first end of the field member and the housing and a second set of biasing members between the second end of the field member and the housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170085165A1 HAPTIC ACTUATOR INCLUDING SLIDABLY COUPLED MASSES INCLUDING COILS AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2017-03-23
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