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Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2011
Applicants:

Sawyer Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ashutosh Yugesh Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andriy Pletenetskyy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Timothy Michael Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Yehonatan Perez, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sawyer Cohen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ashutosh Yugesh Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Andriy Pletenetskyy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US);

Timothy Michael Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);

Yehonatan Perez, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/12 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/026 (2013.01); B06B 1/12 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract

A low Z linear vibrator is described well suited for use in small form factor portable devices such as a smartphone. The low Z vibrator can be configured to include a beam structure that can be attached to a vibratory mass and a low profile actuator. The low profile actuator can cause the vibratory mass to oscillate in a well-defined and predictable manner.


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