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Electro-mechanical transducer suitable for tactile display and article conveyance

  • US 6,445,284 B1
  • Filed: 05/10/2000
  • Issued: 09/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tactile transducer comprising:

  • at least one pair of adjacent contactors, each contactor having a contacting tip separated by a gap from the adjacent contacting tip;

    transducer means to effect or sense relative displacement of said contactors and associated variation of the lateral gap distance between said contacting tips; and

    spring means for supporting said transducer and causing the normal pressure applied between a contacting body and the contacting tips to be at least partially decoupled from tactile sensations provided by said displacement of said contactors on said contacting body.

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