- Patent Title: Configurable force-sensitive input structure for electronic devices
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Application No.: US17203363Application Date: 2021-03-16
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Publication No.: US11360631B2Publication Date: 2022-06-14
- Inventor: John B. Morrell , Ron A. Hopkinson , Peter M. Arnold , Mikael M. Silvanto , William F. Leggett
- 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: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/04886 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/02

Abstract:
A configurable, force-sensitive input structure for an electronic device is disclosed. The input structure has a metal contact layer, a sense layer positioned below the metal contact layer, and a drive layer capacitively coupled to the sense layer. The input structure may also have a compliant layer positioned between and coupled to the sense layer and the drive layer, a rigid base layer positioned below the drive layer, and a set of supports positioned between the metal contact layer and the rigid base layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210200385A1 Configurable Force-Sensitive Input Structure for Electronic Devices Public/Granted day:2021-07-01
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