IP Library Granted Patent US 11,239,406
Granted Patent B2
US 11,239,406 · App. 15/766,796 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Component for producing active haptic feedback

Inventor: Franz Rinner (Deutschlandsberg, AT)
Assignee: EPCOS AG
H01L41/083G08B6/00H01L41/042H01L41/0471H01L41/0477H01L41/053H01L41/0825H01L41/0833H01L41/1876H03K17/964H01H2215/052H03K2217/96062
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Patent No.
US 11,239,406
App. No.
15/766,796
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a component ( 1 ) for generating active haptic feedback, comprising a main body ( 2 ) having first and second internal electrodes ( 3, 4 ) stacked one above another in a stacking direction (S), wherein a respective piezoelectric layer ( 9 ) is arranged between the internal electrodes ( 3, 4 ), wherein the component ( 1 ) is configured to identify a force exerted on the component ( 1 ), wherein the component ( 1 ) is configured to generate active haptic feedback if a force exerted on the component ( 1 ) is identified, and wherein the haptic feedback is generated by virtue of an electrical voltage being applied between the first and second internal electrodes ( 3, 4 ), said electrical voltage resulting in a change in length of the main body ( 2 ).

Claims (37)

1. A component for generating an active haptic feedback, comprising:

a main body having first and second internal electrodes stacked one above another in a stacking direction, wherein a respective piezoelectric layer is arranged between the first and second internal electrodes,

wherein the component is configured to identify a force exerted on the component, and generate, in response to identification of the force exerted on the component, the active haptic feedback,

wherein the active haptic feedback is generated by virtue of an electrical voltage being applied between the first and second internal electrodes, said electrical voltage resulting in a change in length of the main body,

wherein a metal sheet comprising titanium is arranged on a top side and/or an underside of the main body, and is configured to transform the change in length of the main body in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction into the change in length of the component in the stacking direction,

wherein the component comprises a measuring unit for measuring a voltage which is generated between the first and second internal electrodes and which arises on account of the force exerted on the component,

wherein the component is configured to identify the force exerted on the component on a basis of the measured voltage,

wherein the component comprises a first external electrode and a second external electrode, and

wherein the first internal electrodes are contacted with the first external electrode, and the second internal electrodes are contacted with the second external electrode.

2. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal sheet has a frustoconical shape.

3. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein a third internal electrode is arranged centrally in the stacking direction in a stack of the first and second internal electrodes.

4. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein a third internal electrode is arranged in the main body in such a way that the first and second internal electrodes are arranged on one side of the third internal electrode.

5. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main body comprises a hole extending in the stacking direction from the underside of the main body to the top side of the main body.

6. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main body comprises a base surface arranged perpendicularly to the stacking direction, said base surface being round.

7. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main body comprises a base surface arranged perpendicularly to the stacking direction, a side length of said base surface being between 10 and 30 mm.

8. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main body has a height of between 0.5 and 2.0 mm in the stacking direction.

9. The component according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first and second internal electrodes comprise copper.

10. An arrangement comprising a plurality of components according to claim 1 which are stacked one above another.

11. A component for generating an active haptic feedback, comprising:

a main body having first and second internal electrodes stacked one above another in a stacking direction, wherein a respective piezoelectric layer is arranged between the first and second internal electrodes,

wherein the component is configured to identify a force exerted on the component, and generate, in response to identification of the force exerted on the component, the active haptic feedback,

wherein the active haptic feedback is generated by virtue of an electrical voltage being applied between the first and second internal electrodes, said electrical voltage resulting in a change in length of the main body,

wherein a metal sheet comprising titanium is arranged on a top side and/or an underside of the main body, and is configured to transform the change in length of the main body in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction into the change in length of the component in the stacking direction,

wherein the component comprises a measuring unit for measuring a voltage which is generated between the first and second internal electrodes and which arises on account of the force exerted on the component,

wherein the component is configured to identify the force exerted on the component on a basis of the measured voltage,

wherein the component comprises a first external electrode and a second external electrode,

wherein the first internal electrodes are contacted with the first external electrode, and the second internal electrodes are contacted with the second external electrode,

wherein the first and the second internal electrodes have a function to identify the force exerted on the component based on the voltage generated between the first and second internal electrodes, and

wherein the first and the second internal electrodes have a function to initiate the change in length of the component, such that the active haptic feedback is generated, if an AC voltage is applied between the first and the second internal electrodes.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2023
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 063117/0209 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2019
From: RINNER, FRANZ
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 049189/0396 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102015117262.3 · Oct 9, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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