Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device
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Application No.: US17326774Application Date: 2021-05-21
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Publication No.: US11631389B2Publication Date: 2023-04-18
- Inventor: Shinichi Sagawai
- 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: JPJP2018-231045 20181210
- Main IPC: G10K11/16
- IPC: G10K11/16 ; G06F3/041 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
An input device includes an operation panel member with an operation surface; a support member contacting a side face of the operation panel member to support the operation panel member, the side face being perpendicular to the operation surface of the operation panel member; and an actuator configured to vibrate the support member in a direction parallel to the operation surface. The support member contacts the operation panel member only at the side face, and the operation panel member vibrates in a direction parallel to the operation surface by transmission of a vibration of the support member from the side face to the operation panel member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210287648A1 INPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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