DEVICE INCLUDING A BUTTON ATTACHED TO A HAPTIC ENGINE

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Darya Amin-shahidi of Menlo Park CA US

Stephanie Moon of San Francisco CA US

Alex M. Lee of Mountain View CA US

Daniel M. Winslow of Gilroy CA US

Scott D. Ridel of San Mateo CA US

Jere C. Harrison of Redwood City CA US

Jacob Barton of Campbell CA US

Ehsan Masoumi Khalil Abad of San Jose CA US

Kevin Y. Chung of San Jose CA US

Jinhong Qu of Santa Clara CA US

Sai Sharon Injeti of San Diego CA US

Fu-Ying Huang of San Jose CA US

DEVICE INCLUDING A BUTTON ATTACHED TO A HAPTIC ENGINE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250112006 titled 'DEVICE INCLUDING A BUTTON ATTACHED TO A HAPTIC ENGINE

Original Abstract Submitted

a device includes a button, a base, a haptic engine coupled to the base, and a fastener fastening the button to the base and allowing movement of the button with respect to the base. the movement of the button with respect to the base enables, in part, a better alignment of the button with a device housing to which the base is attached. the haptic engine may include a core, an electric coil wound around a portion of the core, and an attraction plate separated from the core by a gap. the base may include a frame, a set of tabs extending from the core and fastened to the button to allow the movement of the button with respect to the base, and a set of flexures extending from the tabs and coupling the core to the frame. the attraction plate may also be coupled to the frame.