Abstract: An apparatus includes first and second portions configured for relative movement; and a compression transmission arrangement extending between them and configured to enable movement of the first portion and the second portion towards each other and further configured to transmit compression forces between the first portion and the second portion to limit movement of the first portion and the second portion towards each other. The apparatus further includes a tension transmission arrangement extending between those portions which is configured to enable movement of the first portion and the second portion away from each other and further configured to transmit tension forces between the first portion and the second portion to limit movement of the first portion and the second portion away from each other. Both transmission arrangements may be on the same side of an equilibrium plane of the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus including a first portion comprising a projection extending in a first direction; a second portion comprising an aperture extending in the first direction, where the first portion and the second portion are configured for relative movement in at least the first direction; and wherein the projection extends from the first portion in the first direction between the first portion and the second portion through the aperture and wherein the aperture surrounds the projection with clearances configured to enforce limits on relative movement of the first portion and the second portion while enabling reciprocating movement of the first portion and the second portion in the first direction towards each other and away from each other.

Abstract: An apparatus including: a first portion; a second portion, where the first portion and the second portion are configured for relative movement; a compression transmission arrangement extending between the first portion and the second portion configured to enable movement of the first portion and the second portion towards each other and configured to transmit compression forces between the first portion and the second portion to limit movement of the first portion and the second portion towards each other; and a tension transmission arrangement extending between the first portion and the second portion configured to enable movement of the first portion and the second portion away from each other and configured to transmit tension forces between the first portion and the second portion to limit movement of the first portion and the second portion away from each other.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and an electronic device configured to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of the touch sensitive wearable band. In accordance with an another example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises providing a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and configuring an electronic device to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of said touch sensitive wearable band.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprises an actuator assembly, which comprises an actuator and a coupling mechanism, the coupling mechanism having a curved surface, the actuator having a leading contact point with the curved surface, the actuator having an end coupled with a stationary point, the actuator comprising a shape memory alloy adapted to pull the coupling mechanism in a direction tangential to the leading contact point toward the stationary point when heated.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and an electronic device configured to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of the touch sensitive wearable band. In accordance with an another example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises providing a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and configuring an electronic device to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an indication to a user of said touch sensitive wearable band.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for an electronic device, the apparatus comprising a sliding mechanism arranged to slide a first and a second housing between retracted and extended configurations, wherein the first housing (11) comprises first and second opposing faces (14, 15); the second housing (12) comprises a first face (13) having a first portion (13a) and a second portion (13b, 13c); and wherein the apparatus (10) is arranged such that, in the retracted configuration, the first and second portions (13a, 13b, 13c) of the first face (13) of the second housing (12) are hidden by the second face (15) of the first housing (11) and, in the extended configuration, the first portion (13a) of the first face (13) of the second housing (12) is revealed and displaced relatively away from the second face (15) of the first housing (12) and relatively towards the first face (14) of the first housing (11), and the second portion (13b, 13c) of the first face (13) of the second housing (12) is hidden by the first housing (11); and wh