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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Taction Technology Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Silmon James Biggs, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Taction Technology, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); F16F 7/10 (2006.01); F16F 15/03 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/00 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01); F16F 9/02 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/0496 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 9/066 (2013.01); A61B 5/6815 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); A61H 23/00 (2013.01); A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 23/0218 (2013.01); A61N 1/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/045 (2013.01); F16F 7/1011 (2013.01); F16F 7/1034 (2013.01); F16F 9/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/03 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 1/1091 (2013.01); H04R 5/0335 (2013.01); A61B 5/04001 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 5/0496 (2013.01); A61F 2011/145 (2013.01); A61H 23/004 (2013.01); A61H 23/0236 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/10 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1604 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5002 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5005 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2205/021 (2013.01); A61H 2205/022 (2013.01); A61H 2230/00 (2013.01); A61H 2230/08 (2013.01); A61H 2230/10 (2013.01); A61H 2230/65 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/36014 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration module for applying vibrational tractions to a wearer's skin is presented. Use of the vibration module in headphones is illustrated for providing tactile sensations of low frequency for music, for massage, and for electrical recording and stimulation of the wearer. Damped, planar, electromagnetically-actuated vibration modules of the moving magnet type are presented in theory and reduced to practice, and shown to provide a substantially uniform frequency response over the range 40-200 Hz with a minimum of unwanted audio.