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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sinan Filiz, Cupertino, CA (US);

James E. Pedder, Cupertino, CA (US);

Charley T. Ogata, Cupertino, CA (US);

John Stephen Smith, Cupertino, CA (US);

Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);

Shin John Choi, Cupertino, CA (US);

Brian Q. Huppi, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christopher J. Butler, Cupertino, CA (US);

Martin P. Grunthaner, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G01L 1/18 (2006.01); G01L 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G01L 1/005 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 1/18 (2013.01); G01L 1/20 (2013.01); G01L 1/205 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optically transparent force sensor, which may be used as input to an electronic device. The optically transparent force sensor may be configured to compensate for variations in temperature using two or more force-sensitive components that are formed from materials having different temperature- and strain-dependent responses.


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