US Patent Issued to EMBR Labs IP on Nov. 25 for "Thermal and vibrotactile haptic actuators" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,545, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to EMBR Labs IP LLC (Boston).

"Thermal and vibrotactile haptic actuators" was invented by Matthew J. Smith (Somerville, Mass.), Kristen Warren (Cambridge, Mass.), Xuchen He (Malden, Mass.) and Raja Rajcic (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments related to a haptic actuator for transmitting heat and/or mechanical vibrations to an adjacent surface are disclosed. The haptic actuator may include a heating membrane, one or more supports, and a body. The one or more supports may extend between the body and the heating membrane to physically separate the heating membrane from the body."...