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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:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2020
Applicant:
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniele Piazza, Redmond, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Stewart, Woodinville, WA (US);
David R. Perek, Seattle, WA (US);
Slava Karulin, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H01L 27/20 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H01L 41/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H01L 27/20 (2013.01); H01L 41/0472 (2013.01); H05K 1/038 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10083 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed haptic vibrotactile actuator may include a textile comprising a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface, an electrode coupled to the first major surface of the textile across at least a majority of a surface area of a first surface of the electrode, and a flexible electroactive material electrically coupled to a second, opposite surface of the electrode. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.