Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable electronic device using a tactile vibrator
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Application No.: US14774503Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US10603690B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Stephen P. Zadesky , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Stephen B. Lynch , Martin Auclair
- 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
- International Application: PCT/US2014/019936 WO 20140303
- International Announcement: WO2014/164018 WO 20141009
- Main IPC: A61B5/024
- IPC: A61B5/024 ; H01L41/08 ; G10K9/122 ; G06F1/16 ; B06B1/06 ; G06F3/01 ; H01L41/09 ; A61B5/021 ; A61B5/00

Abstract:
Examples of portable electronic devices including a piezo actuated vibrator for providing tactile feedback to the user are described. Portable electronic devices according to the present disclosure may include tactile feedback devices, which may be driven by a piezoelectric actuator/vibrator that is operatively coupled to or embedded into the housing of a portable electronic device. In some examples, the housing of the electronic device itself can be made of piezoelectric ceramic material. The piezoelectric element may be coupled to the housing of the product to cause the housing to deflect and/or vibrate. In some examples, the housing of the portable electronic device, which may be a portable media player device, may be configured for placement directly or indirectly in contact with the user's skin such that vibrations of the housing may be felt directly (without audible feedback) by the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160023245A1 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING A TACTILE VIBRATOR Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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