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Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Gregory Parker, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kohei Imoto, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Allan Visitacion, Fremont, CA (US);

Trevor Jones, Campbell, CA (US);

Neil Olien, Montreal, CA (US);

Jesica Ferro, Redwood City, CA (US);

Li Jiang, Union City, CA (US);

Assignee:

IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01L 41/053 (2006.01); H01L 41/09 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01); H01L 41/053 (2013.01); H01L 41/094 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch screen configured to receive an input from a user, and a haptic device that includes a piezoelectric actuator including an elongated piezo bender having a mass at one end thereof and supported by a flexible holder at the other end thereof, and an electrical driving signal generator configured to generate a signal to create a vibration in the elongated piezo bender in response to the input from the user.


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