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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.:

US 11099649 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2018

Device having integrated interface system

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, San Carlos, CA (US);

Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US);

Asif Hussain, San Jose, CA (US);

Dinesh C. Mathew, San Francisco, CA (US);

Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Zheng Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US);

Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US);

Bryan W. Posner, LaSelva Beach, CA (US);

Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);

Alex J. Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Amine Benlagsir

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); H01H 13/85 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/98 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/0216 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/0447 (2019.05); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04144 (2019.05); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06K 9/00375 (2013.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H01H 13/785 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H01L 41/09 (2013.01); H03K 17/943 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 17/9643 (2013.01); H03K 17/9647 (2013.01); H03K 17/98 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); H01H 3/125 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2215/05 (2013.01); H01H 2215/052 (2013.01); H01H 2219/002 (2013.01); H01H 2219/004 (2013.01); H01H 2219/046 (2013.01); H01H 2219/056 (2013.01); H01H 2223/002 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94089 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96003 (2013.01); H03K 2217/9653 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a display portion that includes a display housing and a display within the display housing. The device also includes a base portion flexibly coupled to the display portion and comprising a glass member defining a keyboard region configured to receive user input, a first haptic actuator configured to produce a first haptic output at a first area of the keyboard region, and a second haptic actuator configured to produce a second haptic output at a second area of the keyboard region that is different from the first area.

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