Patent ID: 9576446
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08B,H01H

Claim:
1. A haptic switch, comprising: one or more flexible circuit layers with conductors formed thereon; a force sensor mounted on one of the flexible circuit layers responding to a mechanical stimulus by providing a sensing signal on a conductor of the flexible circuit layer on which the force sensor is mounted; connections which are electrically coupled to the conductors of the flexible circuit layers and over which a processing circuit receives the sensing signal and provides a control signal; and an electromechanical polymer (EMP) actuator mounted on one of flexible layers receiving the control signal over a conductor of the flexible circuit layer on which the EMP actuator is mounted, the EMP actuator providing a haptic response, wherein the one or more flexible circuit layers are configured to have a profile that is capable of a surface deformation such that the haptic switch can be directly bonded to any surface.