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Actuator for providing tactile sensations and device for directional tactile sensations

  • US 7,084,854 B1
  • Filed: 09/27/2001
  • Issued: 08/01/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a housing;

    a sensor configured to detect motion of the housing in the two planar degrees of freedom; and

    an actuator assembly including a grounded coil, a flexure suspension and an inertial mass coupled to the flexure suspension, the actuator assembly coupled to the housing by the flexure suspension, the inertial mass configured to move substantially in a direction perpendicular to the two planar degrees of freedom to output haptic feedback to the housing when the actuator assembly is energized.

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