Apple’s patent FIG. 6A is a schematic exploded perspective representation of one embodiment of the invention, showing parts and assemblies which comprise a haptel grid with a flexible overlay and a hand rest. In patent FIG. 6B, we see a schematic perspective representation showing us a haptel grid with a flexible overlay and a hand rest.
Apple credits Daniel Fish as the sole inventor of Granted Patent RE42,064 titled “Force feedback computer input and output device with coordinated haptic elements” originally filed in Q4 2006. This is a very interesting patent. You get the sense that there may be other haptic implementations in the works for the future. Lastly, it should noted that Apple’s Magic Trackpad has won several design wins in China. The news designs were posted yesterday yet published late last week.
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8th February 2011 at 10:20 am