ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,364, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Multi-layer board actuator having a planar magnet and voice coil" was invented by Stuart M. Nevill (Los Gatos, Calif.), Minghe Liu (San Jose, Calif.), Justin D. Crosby (Cupertino, Calif.) and David S. Wilkes Jr. (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly comprising: a multi-layer board comprising a first side and a second side defining an actuation region having a thickness that is reduced relative to a remainder of the multi-layer board; a planar voice coil formed by a trace on at least one of the first side or the second side defining ...