US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on June 24 for "Haptic actuators and related wearable devices" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,023, issued on June 24, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Haptic actuators and related wearable devices" was invented by Dongsuk Shin (Seattle), Benjamin Gorissen (Houthalen, Belgium), Daniele Piazza (Redmond, Wash.), David Rother Dobbs (Bothell, Wash.) and Erik Samuel Roby (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Haptic actuators may include a first active material coupled to a first side of an inactive substrate and a second active material coupled to a second side of the inactive substrate. The inactive substrate may be formed to initially exhibit a nonplanar shape when the first active m...