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- Patent Title: Haptic structure for providing localized haptic output
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Application No.: US16802145Application Date: 2020-02-26
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Publication No.: US11150734B2Publication Date: 2021-10-19
- Inventor: Alex J. Lehmann , Juan Pu , Paul X. Wang , Qiliang Xu , Zheng Gao
- 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: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; H01L41/09 ; G06F3/041 ; H01L41/113 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are structures, devices, methods and systems for providing haptic output on an electronic device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a display portion, a housing pivotally coupled with the display portion and comprising a glass sheet that defines an input surface of the electronic device. The input surface can define a keyboard having a set of key regions arranged along the glass sheet. The electronic device may also include a haptic mechanism positioned beneath a key region of the set of key regions that includes a substrate defining a beam structure having first and second fixed ends, a spacer positioned along a first side of the beam structure and a piezoelectric element positioned along a second side of the beam structure. The piezoelectric element can be configured to deflect the beam structure to provide haptic output along the input surface.
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