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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2010
Applicants:

Andrew Ashraf Fergusson, St. Clements, CA;

Bradley James Laflamme, Waterloo, CA;

Rene Pierre Marchand, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Andrew Ashraf Fergusson, St. Clements, CA;

Bradley James Laflamme, Waterloo, CA;

Rene Pierre Marchand, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device includes a base, a touch-sensitive display moveable relative to the base, piezo actuators disposed between the base and the touch-sensitive display, the piezo actuators including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator spaced from the first piezo actuator, and a controller configured to control the piezo actuators to alternately actuate the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator and apply forces to the touch-sensitive display, thereby causing the touch-sensitive display to pivot relative to the base.


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