US 12,443,245 B2
Electronic device including touchpad assembly
Hwanmyung Noh, Suwon-si (KR); Younggwon Koo, Suwon-si (KR); Jongheon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngshin Song, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,981.
Application 18/162,981 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2023/000813, filed on Jan. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0062962 (KR), filed on May 23, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0082322 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376083 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 1/169 (2013.01) [G06F 3/03547 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing including a seating recess formed in one surface;
an accommodation hole formed through the housing at an edge of the seating recess;
a touchpad assembly disposed in the seating recess on the one surface of the housing and configured to detect a user input;
a first driving unit disposed on the touchpad assembly and at least partially received the accommodation hole; and
a second driving unit disposed on an inner surface of the housing in a position adjacent to the accommodation hole and facing the first driving unit,
wherein, when the first driving unit receives an electrical signal, the first driving unit and the second driving unit is configured to alternately generate attractive forces and repulsive forces to move or vibrate the touchpad assembly.