US 12,248,632 B2
Vibrational input elements
Chang Xiao, New York, NY (US); Karl Bayer, New York, NY (US); Shree K. Nayar, New York, NE (US); and Changxi Zheng, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/470,665.
Application 17/470,665 is a division of application No. 16/832,630, filed on Mar. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,126,266.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/826,581, filed on Mar. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004260 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B06B 1/00 (2006.01); G01H 11/00 (2006.01); G01H 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H02K 33/02 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [B06B 1/00 (2013.01); G01H 11/00 (2013.01); G01H 17/00 (2013.01); H02K 33/02 (2013.01); B06B 1/045 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a housing that includes a cavity;
a vibrational input element disposed in the cavity, the vibrational input element including:
a vibration structure,
a weight that is configured to contact the vibration structure in response to actuation of the vibrational input element, and
a spring coupled to the weight and to a wall of the cavity, the spring being configured to produce vibrations in response to contact between the vibration structure and the weight; and
an accelerometer configured to detect the vibrations produced by the actuation of the vibrational input element.