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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Jerome Pasquero, Kitchener, CA;
Steven Henry Fyke, Waterloo, CA;
Scott James Stobbe, Kitchener, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a base, a membrane coupled to and spaced from the base, an actuator disposed between the base and the membrane, and spaced from the membrane when the actuator is not actuated, and a controller configured to control actuation of the actuator to cause the actuator to contact the membrane.