Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Force sensing compliant enclosure
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Application No.: US15025276Application Date: 2013-09-29
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Publication No.: US09915572B2Publication Date: 2018-03-13
- Inventor: Romain A. Teil
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/062510 WO 20130929
- International Announcement: WO2015/047360 WO 20150402
- Main IPC: G01L1/14
- IPC: G01L1/14 ; G06F1/16 ; G01L1/16 ; H04B1/3888

Abstract:
A force sensing compliant enclosure for an electronic device may include at least one deformable housing wall. At least one strain concentration portion may be located on the deformable housing wall where strain caused by application of a force that deforms the deformable housing wall is greater than at other portions of the deformable housing wall. The strain concentrating portion may have a second thickness that is thinner than other portions of the deformable housing wall. One or more sensors may be positioned in the strain concentration portion and may sense strain caused by the application of the force that deforms the deformable housing wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216164A1 Force Sensing Compliant Enclosure Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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