Immersion Corporation

Olixir Technologies Corp.

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Neil Thomas Olien

Daniel Gregory Parker

Trevor Jones

Kohei Imoto

Jesica Ferro

Danny A Grant

Robert Lacroix

Li Jiang

Aaron Kapelus

Frank Ye

Prabodh L Shah

Darshan P Shah

Keith Reed

Remy Pieron

A system includes a wearable device, a second device remote from and in communication with the wearable device, a processor configured to generate a control signal representative of an event occurring in an environment related to the wearable device and/or the second device, and a haptic output device configured to provide haptic feedback based on the generated control signal.

System with wearable device and haptic output device

Methods of manufacturing a haptic device having a compliant suspension element. Segments of piezo material are coupled to at least one surface of at least one compliant suspension element, and the at least one suspension element is coupled to a touch screen component. The at least one suspension element is also coupled to a housing component. The segments of piezo material are configured to produce a force that moves the touch screen component relative to the housing component and thereby provide a haptic effect to a user of the touch screen component. In reaction to the force produced by the segments of piezo material, the at least one suspension element is configured to allow movement of the touch screen component relative to the housing component in a first direction and to limit movement between the touch screen component and the housing component in at least a second direction.

Suspension element having integrated piezo material for providing haptic effects to a touch screen

An electronic device includes a touch screen configured to receive an input from a user, and a haptic device that includes a piezoelectric actuator including an elongated piezo bender having a mass at one end thereof and supported by a flexible holder at the other end thereof, and an electrical driving signal generator configured to generate a signal to create a vibration in the elongated piezo bender in response to the input from the user.

Electronic device with piezoelectric actuator

A wearable device may be configured to generate feedback based on an event that occurs in an environment related to the wearable device. The wearable device may include, for example, a processor configured to generate a control signal representative of an event occurring in an environment related to the wearable device and at least a first haptic output device disposed at a first position at the wearable device. The first haptic output device may be configured to provide haptic feedback based on the generated control signal.

Wearable haptic device

A haptic device includes a flexible holder; an elongated piezo bender supported at one end thereof by the holder; a mass supported by the elongated piezo bender and positioned at an end of the elongated piezo bender opposite the end supported by the holder; and an electrical driving signal generator configured to generate a signal to create a vibration in the elongated piezo bender.

Piezoelectric actuator for haptic device

A compliant grommet-based suspension system is disclosed for use in mounting an electronic touch screen or touch surface. The grommets may be designed to provide more or less movement in any direction, i.e., along the x-axis, the y-axis, and/or the z-axis, depending on the suspension application in which they are implemented.

Grommet suspension component and system

An energy dissipative element () protects hard disk drives () from shocks and vibrations. A closed elastic envelope () houses a body of open cell foam (), a volume of viscous liquid (), and a compressible gas (). Under compression or expansion of the foam (), viscous liquid () flows through cell orifices and thereby dissipates energy resulting from external force applied against the elastic wall (). The energy dissipative elements () are applied between a disk drive housing () and an outer case () to create a ruggedized portable disk drive module ().

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