Immersion Corporation

Benoit Belley

Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez

Vincent Levesque

David M Birnbaum

Jamal Saboune

Vahid Khoshkava

Simon Forest

Christopher J Ullrich

Abdelwahab Hamam

Daniel Gregory Parker

Mohammadreza Motamedi

Kohei Imoto

Ravikumar Patel

Charles Banter

Examples of externally-activated devices and systems are disclosed. One example system includes a first device having an actuation component; and a second device having a haptic output component, wherein: the first device and the second device are configured to be physically separable from each other; the actuation component is configured to transmit an actuation signal to the haptic output component while the first device and the second device are physically separated from each other, and the haptic output component configured to output a haptic effect in response to receiving the actuation signal and while the first device and the second device are physically separated from each other, the haptic effect based on the actuation signal.

Externally-activated haptic devices and systems

This disclosure relates to haptic devices for implantation in a human subject. Such haptic devices can include various actuators, including both active and passive haptic actuators, for providing feedback to a user.

Haptic implants

A system for amplifying haptic effects provided by a push-pull actuator includes a housing component, a push-pull actuator coupled to the housing component and configured to provide a force and a displacement, a lever component including a lever arm and a fulcrum, and a haptic touch surface coupled to the lever arm via an output interface. The push-pull actuator is via an actuator mount. The amount of displacement transferred to the haptic touch surface from the push-pull actuator is reduced by the lever component and the amount of force transferred to the haptic touch surface from the push-pull actuator is increased by the lever component. The system may include a material stop coupled to the housing component that when compressed by the haptic touch surface exhibits hysteresis to dampen the haptic touch surface.

Method and apparatus for enabling heavy floating touchscreen haptics assembles and passive braking system

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Benoit Belley