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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex J. Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Joonas I. Ponkala, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Xian Wang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Yu-Lin Kao, Livermore, CA (US);
Kevin C. Armendariz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to an electronic device that includes a cover and a haptic module positioned below the cover. The haptic module includes a substrate positioned below the cover and offset from the cover, a spacer positioned between the substrate and the cover and coupling the substrate to the cover, and a piezoelectric element positioned on a surface of the substrate and offset from the cover to define a gap between the piezoelectric element and the cover. The electronic device can also include a sensor coupled to the cover and configured to detect an input, and a processing unit operably coupled to the piezoelectric element and configured to cause the piezoelectric element to deflect the cover in response to the sensor detecting the input.