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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2018
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mansoor Alghooneh, Toronto, CA;
Vahid Khoshkava, Laval, CA;
Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Westmount, CA;
Neil Olien, Montreal, CA;
Robert A. Lacroix, Saint-Lambert, CA;
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B06B 1/045 (2013.01); B06B 2201/52 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptic actuator comprising a base and a haptic transducer at least partially suspended by the base. The haptic transducer comprises a substrate and a smart material operably connected to the substrate. The smart material has resonance in response to an electrical signal having a determined frequency, and the resonance causes the haptic transducer to vibrate and deliver a haptic effect.