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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.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Kostal of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. Hoskins, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Xiaozhong Duan, Troy, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Koscielniak, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Kostal of America, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04142 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptic controller includes a conventional user interface having a plurality of touch surfaces, a shaped strain plate having a plurality of strain surfaces, each strain surface corresponding with one of the plurality of touch surfaces, a strain gauge mounted on each of the plurality of strain surfaces and a microcontroller electrically connected with the strain gauges.