U.S. Philips Corporation

Marcellinus A Grooten

Marinus P Koster

Piet C Van Rens

Kofi A Makinwa

Willem Hoving

Johannes A Van Hout

Jan E Van Beek

Marten Westerhof

A method for the mutual displacement of at least two parts of an actuator interconnected by a bridge, and such an actuator. The bridge which connects the two parts and extends parallel to a main surface is locally heated through and through with a temperature gradient which is minimized transverse to the main surface, and is subsequently cooled down whereby the length of the bridge between the parts is reduced owing to the plastic deformation which occurs, so that the parts are displaced relative to one another in a direction parallel to the main surface.

Method of mutually displacing at least two parts of an actuator, and

A graphical tablet and a stylus interact electromagnetically with one another. The stylus includes a coil and a transducer to affect an inductance of the coil in response to a force exerted on a tip of the stylus. The transducer comprises first and second ferrite cores. The cores are mounted to move with respect to one another in response to the force. The cores are substantially in contact with one another in the absence of the force. Disengaging causes a well detectable jump in the inductance.

Segmented-core inductance in stylus for EM-graphical tablet

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