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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sinan Filiz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Martin P. Grunthaner, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
John Stephen Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Charley T. Ogata, San Jose, CA (US);
Christian M. Sauer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shin John Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher J. Butler, San Jose, CA (US);
Steven J. Martisauskas, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device configured to sense a touch on a surface of the device. The device includes a cover and a force-sensing structure disposed below the cover. The force-sensing structure may be positioned below a display and used in combination with other force-sensing elements to estimate the force of a touch on the cover of a device.