ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,311, issued on March 31.
"Electronic devices with touch input components and haptic output components" was invented by Camille Moussette (San Francisco), James H. Foster (Oxford, Great Britain), Duncan Kerr (San Francisco), Adam S. Meyer (Cupertino, Calif.), Per Haakan Linus Persson (San Francisco), Peter C. Tsoi (San Mateo, Calif.) and Stuart J. Wood (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include touch input components and associated haptic output components. The control circuitry may provide haptic output in response to touch input on the touch input components and may send wireless signals to the external...