Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device
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Application No.: US16839245Application Date: 2020-04-03
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Publication No.: US10969895B2Publication Date: 2021-04-06
- Inventor: Wataru Sato , Daisuke Takai , Hiroshi Shigetaka , Yuzuru Kawana , Hajime Shikata
- Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2017-199861 20171013
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G01L1/18 ; G01L1/20 ; G01L1/16

Abstract:
An input device includes an operation panel, a frame disposed on a back side of the operation panel, a pressure detector disposed between the operation panel and the frame, and an elastic part. The pressure detector includes a lever including a deformation part that warps when a pressing force is applied, a protruding part provided on a first surface of the deformation part, and a surrounding wall provided on a periphery of a second surface of the deformation part; and a pressure detection element that is disposed in a region of the second surface of the deformation part surrounded by the surrounding wall, warps along with the deformation part, and outputs a pressure detection signal corresponding to the pressing force. The elastic part is disposed between the protruding part or the surrounding wall and the frame or the operation panel and applies a pre-pressure to the deformation part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200233557A1 INPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-07-23
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