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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Dominic P. Cincione, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew D. Dombach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Darya Amin-Shahidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott D. Ridel, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vu A. Hong, Redwood City, CA (US);
Alex J. Speltz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Denis G. Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback module for generating a haptic feedback event is described. The haptic feedback module includes an enclosure having walls that define a cavity. The enclosure is capable of carrying operational components within the cavity that include a frame that includes tungsten, a magnetic coil element that is capable of generating a magnetic field, a magnetic element that is carried within an aperture of the frame, linear-actuation end stops that are welded to a first end of the frame and a second end of the frame that opposes the first end, and springs that couple together the walls of the enclosure to the linear-actuation end stops.