US Patent Issued to VIBRA NOVA on Jan. 28 for "Method for creating a haptic effect by means of focused ultrasound waves" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,683, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to VIBRA NOVA (Saint-Paul-de-Varces, France).

"Method for creating a haptic effect by means of focused ultrasound waves" was invented by Matthieu Rupin (Saint Martin d'Heres, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method for generating a haptic effect at a target point of a solid by using at least two piezoelectric actuators capable of emitting, at a given instant t, a wave under the effect of ultrasonic frequency control signals capable of creating vibrations at the surface of the solid in such a way as to create an ultrasonic lubrication effect ("squeeze film" effect) at ...