US 12,335,422 B2
Handheld electronic device
Ava Iranmanesh, Cupertino, CA (US); Yaocheng Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); Douglas G. Fournier, San Jose, CA (US); Benjamin J. Pope, Woodside, CA (US); and Richard Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,945.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,182, filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0221802 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G09G 3/18 (2006.01); H02K 33/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/0264 (2013.01) [G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G09G 3/18 (2013.01); H02K 33/02 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01); H04M 1/0262 (2013.01); H04M 1/0266 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H05K 7/20481 (2013.01); H05K 7/205 (2013.01); H04M 2201/08 (2013.01); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
an enclosure defining an interior cavity and having a front cover;
a touch-sensitive display positioned below the front cover; and
a haptic engine positioned in the interior cavity and configured to produce a haptic output along an exterior surface of the portable electronic device in response to an actuation signal, the haptic engine comprising:
a first body component defining a first side of the haptic engine and comprising a first spring flexure and a first end element molded over a first portion of the first spring flexure;
a second body component defining a second side of the haptic engine opposite the first side and comprising a second spring flexure and a second end element molded over a first portion of the second spring flexure;
a movable mass component comprising a metallic weight and a molded polymer frame at least partially encapsulating the metallic weight, the molded polymer frame defining:
a first mounting portion molded over a second portion of the first spring flexure; and
a second mounting portion molded over a second portion of the second spring flexure; and
a coil configured to induce a linear movement of the movable mass component in response to the actuation signal thereby producing the haptic output.