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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Daniel William Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, Mountain View, CA (US);
Erik G. de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tyler S. Bushnell, Mountain View, CA (US);
Christopher T. Cheng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Trevor J. Ness, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven P. Cardinali, Campbell, CA (US);
Robert D. Turner, Nashville, TN (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Electronic devices having input structures that are operative to translate a relatively small travel of an input surface to a larger travel elsewhere. For example, force exerted on an input surface of an input body may cause a corresponding input body to move a first distance. An arm, lever mechanism, or the like may have an end or other portion that moves a second distance in response to the input body's motion. The second distance may be greater than the first; in some embodiments, the second distance may be an order of magnitude or more than the first distance. The travel may close or open a switch in response to the force exerted on the input surface.