US Patent Issued to Korea Electronics Technology Institute on Sept. 1 for "Haptic actuator with jig member configured to amplify piezoelectric element displacement" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,385, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Korea Electronics Technology Institute (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Haptic actuator with jig member configured to amplify piezoelectric element displacement" was invented by Hyung Won Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Ho Han (Gwacheon-si, South Korea) and Intae Seo (Gwangju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic actuator is disclosed. The haptic actuator includes a polygonal piezoelectric element configured to generate a displacement thereof while expanding and contracting in accordance with polarities of a voltage applied thereto, and a jig member coupled to the piezoelectric e...