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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiao Ying Zhao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tang Y. Tan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary 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 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device can include a housing and an interface component. The interface component can at least partially define an interface surface, and the interface component and the housing can define an internal volume. A force sensor assembly can be disposed in the internal volume to detect an amount of force applied to the interface surface. The force sensor assembly can include a pressure decay sensor and a gap distance sensor disposed opposite a surface of the interface component.