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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ari P. Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin D. Crosby, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel K. Boothe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Houtan R. Farahani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin M. Robinson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ryan J. Mihelich, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Robert J. Lockwood, San Carlos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device has a housing that forms an exterior surface of the electronic device. An array of actuators is coupled to the housing and is operable to move the housing in order to produce sound waves and/or haptic output via the exterior surface. In this way, less space is consumed by acoustic and haptic devices as compared to similar conventional devices, thereby allowing for thinner electronic devices and/or room for other components within the housing. The actuators may be operable to move different regions of the housing to produce sound waves and/or haptic output within different frequency ranges.