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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Darya Amin-Shahidi, San Jose, CA (US);
Denis G. Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex M. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott D. Ridel, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02K 33/18 (2006.01); H02K 33/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H02K 33/16 (2013.01); H02K 33/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptic actuator may include a housing, a stator coupled to a medial interior portion of the housing, and a field member within the housing and having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The at least one permanent magnet may include side-by-side magnetic segments having alternating magnetic polarizations with at least one non-vertical magnetic polarization transition zone between adjacent magnetic segments.