Electronic device

1. An electronic device comprising:

a piezoelectric element;

a panel supporting the piezoelectric element;

a display unit attached by the panel;

a housing holding the panel, wherein the electronic device generates vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body in contact with the panel and air-conducted sound by bending the panel directly by the piezoelectric element; and

a buffer material between an inner surface of the display unit that is opposite to a surface of the display unit that the panel is attached and an inner surface of the housing that is opposite to a side of the panel facing the display unit,

wherein the piezoelectric element is elongated in shape and has a length longer than a width thereof, and the buffer material is disposed outwards of outermost edges of the piezoelectric element in a longitudinal direction along a length direction of the piezoelectric element.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein both the piezoelectric element and the buffer material are disposed at one end of the panel in one direction in plan view.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the buffer material becomes thinner with increasing distance from the piezoelectric element towards the other end of the panel.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the piezoelectric element is rectangular in plan view.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the buffer material is disposed further towards the other end of the panel in the one direction than the piezoelectric element.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer material is adhered to only one of the panel and the housing.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing includes sheet metal as an insert member.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein the housing comprises a first housing portion and a second housing portion that is located inward from the first housing portion and includes the sheet metal.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a display unit is held by the panel, and the buffer material is in contact with the display unit.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer material is in a pressed state before vibration of the piezoelectric element.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is rectangular in plan view, and a length of two opposing sides of the housing is equal to or greater than a length from an antitragus to an inferior antihelix crus.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein a length of the other two opposing sides of the housing is equal to or greater than a length from a tragus to an antihelix.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the piezoelectric element is fixedly joined to the housing by a joining member.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the joining member is a non-heat hardening adhesive.

15. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the joining member is double-sided tape.

16. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the panel is joined to the housing by a joining member.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the joining member is a non-heat hardening adhesive.

18. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the joining member is double-sided tape.

19. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the panel constitutes a portion or an entirety of any one of a display unit, an input unit, and a cover for the display unit.

20. The electronic device according to claim 19 , wherein a fixed portion of the piezoelectric element in the panel is positioned outside of a region of the panel overlapping the display unit in plan view.

21. The electronic device according to claim 19 , wherein the display unit is fixed to the panel from inside the housing.