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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bart K. Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian T. Gleeson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kristi E. Bauerly, Los Altos, CA (US);
William D. Lindmeier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew J. Sundstrom, Campbell, CA (US);
Geng Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Seung Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Evangelos Christodoulou, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Megan M. Sapp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kainoa Kwon-Perez, San Francisco, CA (US);
John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
John S. Camp, Los Gatos, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An input device can include a housing defining an internal volume and a lower portion, the lower portion defining an aperture, an input sensor disposed in the internal volume, and a haptic assembly disposed in the internal volume. The haptic assembly can include an actuator and a foot coupled to the actuator and aligned with the aperture. The actuator can be configured to selectively extend the foot through the aperture to vary a sliding resistance of the input device on a support surface.