Apple inc. (20250013202). FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
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Inventor(s)
Colin M. Ely of Sunnyvale CA (US)
Erik G. De Jong of San Francisco CA (US)
Fletcher R. Rothkopf of Los Altos CA (US)
FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250013202 titled 'FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
Original Abstract Submitted
an input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. in various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. the processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.