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Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Arman Hajati, San Carlos, CA (US);

Jere C. Harrison, Redwood City, CA (US);

Jason C. Law, Foster City, CA (US);

Logan M. Ames, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/25 (2014.09); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
Abstract

A haptic actuator may include a housing, at least one coil carried by the housing, and a field member having opposing first and second sides. The haptic actuator may also include a respective at least one flexure bearing mounting each of the first and second sides of the field member to be reciprocally movable within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. Each flexure bearing may include two diverging arms joined together at proximal ends and having spaced distal ends operatively coupled between adjacent portions of the field member and the housing. The two diverging arms may each have a reduced size medial portion relative to respective proximal and distal ends.


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