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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsSungChang Lee, Xuefeng Wang, Mi Hye Shin, Wei Guang Wu, Jonah A. Harley
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An electronic device may include a housing and at least one coil carried by the housing. The electronic device may include a field member that includes a magnetic body having a shaft-receiving passageway therein, and at least one bearing within the shaft-receiving passageway. A shaft extends through the at least one bearing and coupled to the housing to permit reciprocal movement of the field member along the shaft and within the housing responsive to the at least one coil. A controller may be capable of powering the at least one coil to move the field member after a threshold period of non-movement.
An electronic device comprising:
An electronic device comprising:
A method of lubricating a shaft of an electronic device comprising a housing, at least one coil carried by the housing, a field member comprising a magnetic body having a shaft-receiving passageway therein, at least one bearing within the shaft-receiving passageway, and with the shaft extending through the at least one bearing and coupled to the housing to permit reciprocal movement of the field member along the shaft and within the housing responsive to the at least one coil, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.