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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas George Billington, Campbell, CA (US);
Kaniyalal Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Van Hilton Tran, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 33/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02P 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H02P 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptically-enabled system includes an actuator that has a first terminal and a second terminal. The second terminal is coupled to a voltage source, and a first switch is coupled to the first terminal and to ground. A second switch is coupled to the actuator. The second switch is parallel to the actuator.