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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Colin M. Ely, Cupertino, CA (US);
Avi Hecht, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 1/16 (2006.01); B06B 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B 3/00 (2013.01); B06B 1/164 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18552 (2015.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods involving reconfigurable rotating masses are disclosed. One embodiment may take the form of a system having a motor and coupled weights attached to the motor. Operation of the motor rotates the coupled weights and the weights are dynamically reconfigurable to change the location of the center of mass relative to an axis of rotation.