US 12,405,668 B2
Force feedback trigger for handheld device
Michelle Warner, Seattle, WA (US); Madeline Blair Aby, Seattle, WA (US); Rémy O'Leary Pieron, North Bend, WA (US); Tzu-Yuan Wang, Campbell, CA (US); Lorenz Henric Jentz, Seattle, WA (US); Jason Andrew Higgins, Seattle, WA (US); Walker Robb, Seattle, WA (US); Michael Allison, Ridgefield, WA (US); Joshua Yasbek, Portland, OR (US); and Douglas Harriman, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/334,247.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/351,780, filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400926 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [A63F 13/285 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a controller;
a handheld device in electronic communication with the controller, wherein the handheld device comprises a housing, wherein the housing defines an internal cavity, and wherein the housing defines an orifice providing access to the internal cavity;
a trigger comprising an external surface and an internal surface, wherein the trigger is oriented to cover the orifice providing access to the internal cavity;
a transfer member oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the internal surface of the trigger;
a force sensor oriented in the internal cavity and engaged to a distal end of the transfer member and the internal surface of the trigger;
a transfer roller oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the distal end of the transfer member;
a cam oriented in the internal cavity and configured to indirectly engage the transfer member; and
a motor oriented in the internal cavity and coupled to the cam.