Haptic feedback control assembly

A control assembly provides haptic feedback to the user of a device such as a smartphone. The assembly comprises a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator 8 arranged to deliver haptic feedback by moving a button 2 relative to the case 3. In one embodiment, one SMA actuator delivers haptic feedback by movi...

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Hauptverfasser: Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Thomas James Powell, James Howarth, Jonathan Morgan, Daniel John Burbridge, Dominic George Webber, Eugene Yu Jen Ho
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A control assembly provides haptic feedback to the user of a device such as a smartphone. The assembly comprises a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator 8 arranged to deliver haptic feedback by moving a button 2 relative to the case 3. In one embodiment, one SMA actuator delivers haptic feedback by moving plural buttons relative to casework (fig. 5). The plural buttons may be formed by a common member 13. In another embodiment, the assembly comprises a button 2 with a hinge 61 connecting one side of the button to the casework (fig. 9). The hinge may be a simple pivot. The SMA actuator 8 causes the button to rotate about the hinge.