- Patent Title: Electronic device having travel-magnifying input/output structure
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Application No.: US15829629Application Date: 2017-12-01
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Publication No.: US10707032B1Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Colin M. Ely , Daniel William Jarvis , Benjamin J. Pope , Erik G. de Jong , Tyler S. Bushnell , Christopher T. Cheng , Trevor J. Ness , William C. Lukens , Steven P. Cardinali , Robert D. Turner
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: H01H13/14
- IPC: H01H13/14 ; H05K5/00 ; H01H13/04

Abstract:
Electronic devices having input structures that are operative to translate a relatively small travel of an input surface to a larger travel elsewhere. For example, force exerted on an input surface of an input body may cause a corresponding input body to move a first distance. An arm, lever mechanism, or the like may have an end or other portion that moves a second distance in response to the input body's motion. The second distance may be greater than the first; in some embodiments, the second distance may be an order of magnitude or more than the first distance. The travel may close or open a switch in response to the force exerted on the input surface.
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