US 11,747,950 B2
Force determination based on capacitive sensing
Jonah A. Harley, Los Gatos, CA (US); Peter W. Richards, San Francisco, CA (US); Brian Q. Huppi, San Francisco, CA (US); Omar Sze Leung, Palo Alto, CA (US); Dhaval N. Shah, Fremont, CA (US); Martin P. Grunthaner, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); Steven P. Hotelling, Los Gatos, CA (US); Miguel C. Christophy, San Francisco, CA (US); Vivek Katiyar, Shaker Heights, OH (US); Tang Yew Tan, Palo Alto, CA (US); Christopher J. Butler, San Jose, CA (US); Erik G. De Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Ming Sartee, Morro Bay, CA (US); Rui Qiao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Steven J. Martisauskas, San Francisco, CA (US); Storrs T. Hoen, Brisbane, CA (US); Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US); Lee E. Hooton, Cupertino, CA (US); Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US); Sawyer I. Cohen, Menlo Park, CA (US); and David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/544,692.
Application 16/544,692 is a continuation of application No. 14/766,639, granted, now 10,386,970, previously published as PCT/US2014/015157, filed on Feb. 6, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/883,181, filed on Sep. 26, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/762,843, filed on Feb. 8, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0369779 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0447 (2019.05) [G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an enclosure defining an opening into an interior portion of the electronic device;
a cover glass positioned to cover the opening;
a touch sensor configured to detect a location of a touch on the cover glass;
a continuous force-sensing structure disposed at a periphery of and under the cover glass; and
an environmental seal comprising a rigid cured bead of sealant material, positioned between a surface of the cover glass and the continuous force-sensing structure.