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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Muhammad F. Hossain, San Jose, CA (US);

Jia Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Vijayanish Varadharajan, Milpitas, CA (US);

Alexander M. Brukwinski, San Jose, CA (US);

Pyone P. Wynn, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Hnin Ookhin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Samuel A. Resnick, Cupertino, CA (US);

Aviran Malik, San Francisco, CA (US);

Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Amarnath Vuppala, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H02P 29/66 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); H02P 29/664 (2016.11); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0192 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mountable device can effectively manage heat with a motor assembly that efficiently and accurately senses a temperature of a motor. A temperature sensor can be provided on an outer surface (e.g., case) of the motor. A flex circuit can be operably connect both the motor and the temperature sensor to a controller of the head-mountable device. The flex circuit can have a first side coupled to the outer surface of the case, a second side supporting the temperature sensor, and thermally conductive vias extending from the first side to the second side to conduct heat from the case to the sensor. The flex circuit can further include a memory comprising calibration data of the temperature sensor and a connector for outputting temperature data based on the temperature sensor and the calibration data of the memory.


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