Embr Labs IP LLC

Embr Labs Inc.

Xuchen He

Kristen Warren

Matthew J Smith

Jeanette Numbers

Seunghyuk Noh

Catherine Jameson

Heather Ritchie

Benjamin Flaumenhaft

Nari Shin

Locklin George

Sarah Horton

Caitlynn Tov

Matthew Dowling

Raja Rajcic

Embodiments related to a haptic actuator for transmitting heat and/or mechanical vibrations to an adjacent surface are disclosed. The haptic actuator may include a heating membrane, one or more supports, and a body. The one or more supports may extend between the body and the heating membrane to physically separate the heating membrane from the body.

Thermal and vibrotactile haptic actuators

A device for manipulating the temperature of a surface may include a heat transfer surface including active portions and a passive portion. The passive portion may include an inner passive portion disposed between each of the active portions and/or may include an outer passive portion that may surround each of the active portions. The active portions may form 40-90% of a total surface area of the heat transfer surface, where total surface area includes active portions and an inner passive portion. The passive portion(s) may have a thermal conductivity less than the active portion. A processor may be in electrical communication with thermoelectric modules defining or forming the active portions to generate a heat flux through the heat transfer surface. The heat flux through the active portions may be between 500 and 15,000 W/mduring nominal operation of the device.

Low power thermoelectric systems

Wearable device

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Malden, MA, United States of America

Xuchen He