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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Riccardo Tarelli, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Muhammad F. Hossain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a housing defining an aperture. An input device extends through the aperture and has a user input surface external to the housing. An inertial actuator is mechanically and fixedly coupled to the input device and positioned within the housing. A mechanical wave dampener provides mechanical wave dampening between the input device and the housing. The electronic device enables haptic feedback to be provided locally to the input device. In some cases, the mechanical wave dampener may dampen shaking of the input device with respect to the housing by at least an order of magnitude.