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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. 15, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2022
Applicant:

Bang & Olufsen A/s, Struer, DK;

Inventor:

Tee Hock Ho, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Bang & Olufsen A/S, Struer, DK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02K 21/18 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H02K 21/185 (2013.01); H04R 1/1008 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04R 2460/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to a system and method whereby a haptic feedback mechanism may be integrated into a rotatable gear module such that rotating the module may generate pure mechanical haptic feedback. The gear module may be integrated into a wearable device, such as headphones, such that a set of magnets incorporated within may be aligned and misaligned with a plurality of teeth when the gear module rotates. In response to the rotation, each alignment and misalignment of the set of magnets with the plurality of teeth may generate pure haptic feedback. In embodiments, the gear module may be rotated to increment or decrement a unit of measurement associated with the headphones. Each unit of increment or decrement of change may produce haptic feedback based on the alignment and misalignment of the set of magnets.


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