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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yanchu Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhong-Qing Gong, Fremont, CA (US);
Anping Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
Alex M. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Junyi Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptic actuator may include a housing, at least one coil carried by the housing, and a field member having opposing first and second sides. The haptic actuator may also include a respective flexure bearing mounting each of the first and second sides of the field member to be reciprocally movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. At least one of the flexure bearings may include an arm and a damper body attached thereto.