Patents by Inventor Scott D. Ridel

Scott D. Ridel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Haptic actuator including permanent magnet having a non-vertical, magnetic polarization transition zone and related methods
    Patent number: 11573636
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing, a stator coupled to a medial interior portion of the housing, and a field member within the housing and having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The at least one permanent magnet may include side-by-side magnetic segments having alternating magnetic polarizations with at least one non-vertical magnetic polarization transition zone between adjacent magnetic segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Darya Amin-Shahidi, Denis G. Chen, Alex M. Lee, Scott D. Ridel
  • HAPTIC ACTUATOR INCLUDING PERMANENT MAGNET HAVING A NON-VERTICAL, MAGNETIC POLARIZATION TRANSITION ZONE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210405753
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing, a stator coupled to a medial interior portion of the housing, and a field member within the housing and having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame, and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The at least one permanent magnet may include side-by-side magnetic segments having alternating magnetic polarizations with at least one non-vertical magnetic polarization transition zone between adjacent magnetic segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Darya AMIN-SHAHIDI, Denis G. CHEN, Alex M. LEE, Scott D. RIDEL
  • HAPTIC ACTUATOR INCLUDING A FIELD MEMBER HAVING AN OPENING RECEIVING A STATOR THEREIN AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20210408885
    Abstract: A haptic actuator may include a housing, and a stator fixed to a medial interior portion of the housing. The haptic actuator may also include a field member having an opening receiving the stator therein. The field member may include a frame and at least one permanent magnet carried by the frame. The haptic actuator may also include at least one flexure coupled between an end of the frame and adjacent interior portions of the housing to permit reciprocal movement of the field member within the housing responsive to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Darya Amin-Shahidi, Denis G. Chen, Alex M. Lee, Scott D. Ridel
  • Tungsten frame of a haptic feedback module for a portable electronic device
    Patent number: 10831276
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback module for generating a haptic feedback event is described. The haptic feedback module includes an enclosure having walls that define a cavity. The enclosure is capable of carrying operational components within the cavity that include a frame that includes tungsten, a magnetic coil element that is capable of generating a magnetic field, a magnetic element that is carried within an aperture of the frame, linear-actuation end stops that are welded to a first end of the frame and a second end of the frame that opposes the first end, and springs that couple together the walls of the enclosure to the linear-actuation end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Dominic P. Cincione, Matthew D. Dombach, Darya Amin-Shahidi, Scott D. Ridel, Vu A. Hong, Alex J. Speltz, Denis G. Chen
  • TUNGSTEN FRAME OF A HAPTIC FEEDBACK MODULE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200081540
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a haptic feedback module for generating a haptic feedback event is described. The haptic feedback module includes an enclosure having walls that define a cavity. The enclosure is capable of carrying operational components within the cavity that include a frame that includes tungsten, a magnetic coil element that is capable of generating a magnetic field, a magnetic element that is carried within an aperture of the frame, linear-actuation end stops that are welded to a first end of the frame and a second end of the frame that opposes the first end, and springs that couple together the walls of the enclosure to the linear-actuation end stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Dominic P. CINCIONE, Matthew D. DOMBACH, Darya AMIN-SHAHIDI, Scott D. RIDEL, Vu A. HONG, Alex J. SPELTZ, Denis G. CHEN
  • Haptic engine having moving coil structure powered by suspended flexible printed circuit with multiple traces
    Patent number: 10453315
    Abstract: A haptic engine in which a moving coil structure is powered by a suspended flexible printed circuit having multiple traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Denis G. Chen, Scott D. Ridel, Shingo Yoneoka