公开(公告)号：US20230096068A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17821948

申请日：2022-08-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Denis G. CHEN

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/24 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: A torque feedback mechanism for a trigger or lever using a rotary reluctance engine is disclosed. In some examples, the rotary reluctance engine includes two fixed asymmetric core/coil assemblies located on one or both sides of a permanent magnet. In some examples, the core/coil assemblies are fixed in place, and the permanent magnet is coupled to the trigger or lever such that the magnet rotates with respect to the core/coil assemblies as the trigger or lever is squeezed. When the coils of the engine are programmably energized, the cores are magnetized at different angular rotations of the trigger or lever, creating a torque feedback profile that can be quickly modified to provide more or less torque at different angular displacements during the squeezing of the trigger or lever to emulate different triggers or levers.

公开(公告)号：US20210405753A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US16915539

申请日：2020-06-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Darya AMIN-SHAHIDI ,  Denis G. CHEN ,  Alex M. LEE ,  Scott D. RIDEL

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  H02K33/16 ,  H02K33/18

Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing, a stator coupled to a medial interior portion of the housing, and a field member within the housing and having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The at least one permanent magnet may include side-by-side magnetic segments having alternating magnetic polarizations with at least one non-vertical magnetic polarization transition zone between adjacent magnetic segments.

公开(公告)号：US20200081540A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16250938

申请日：2019-01-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dominic P. CINCIONE ,  Matthew D. DOMBACH ,  Darya AMIN-SHAHIDI ,  Scott D. RIDEL ,  Vu A. HONG ,  Alex J. SPELTZ ,  Denis G. CHEN

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G01H11/06

Abstract: According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback module for generating a haptic feedback event is described. The haptic feedback module includes an enclosure having walls that define a cavity. The enclosure is capable of carrying operational components within the cavity that include a frame that includes tungsten, a magnetic coil element that is capable of generating a magnetic field, a magnetic element that is carried within an aperture of the frame, linear-actuation end stops that are welded to a first end of the frame and a second end of the frame that opposes the first end, and springs that couple together the walls of the enclosure to the linear-actuation end stops.

公开(公告)号：US20180061192A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-01

申请号：US15477219

申请日：2017-04-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Denis G. CHEN ,  Shingo YONEOKA ,  Riccardo TARELLI ,  Hari VASUDEVAN ,  Domenico GERIA ,  Mi Hye SHIN

IPC: G08B6/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R19/04 ,  G10K11/178

CPC classification number: G08B6/00 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G10K11/178 ,  G10K11/17881 ,  G10K2210/3028 ,  G10K2210/3044 ,  H04R19/04 ,  H04R2201/003 ,  H04R2499/11

Abstract: An electronic device may include a device housing and a haptic actuator carried by the device housing and that includes a haptic actuator housing and a field member movable within the haptic actuator housing. The electronic device may also include a motion sensor carried by the device housing to sense motion of the field member, an audio sensor carried by the device housing to sense audio noise from the haptic actuator, and a controller coupled to the haptic actuator, the motion sensor, and the audio sensor. The controller may be configured to drive the haptic actuator based upon sensed motion of the field member and audio noise from the haptic actuator.