IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,262,852
Granted Patent B2
US 11,262,852 · App. 15/734,175 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Input device

Inventors: Yuta Saito (Okayama, JP); Kenichi Matsumoto (Okayama, JP); Ryo Nakae (Okayama, JP); Masanori Mitsuoka (Okayama, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
G06F3/0202G01L1/144
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Patent No.
US 11,262,852
App. No.
15/734,175
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device includes one or more pressure detectors. Each of the one or more pressure detectors includes an electrode, an elastic body on the electrode, a pressing member disposed on an opposite side of the elastic body from the electrode, and a protective member. The protection member is disposed between the elastic body and the pressing member and has higher strength than the elastic body.

Claims (35)

1. An input device, comprising one or more pressure detectors, each of the one or more pressure detectors including

an electrode,

an elastic body on the electrode,

a pressing member on an opposite side of the elastic body from the electrode, and

a protection member between the elastic body and the pressing member, the protection member having higher strength than the elastic body,

wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the protection member being conductive,

the one or more pressure detectors including a plurality of pressure detectors, and at least two of the protection members of the plurality of pressure detectors being electrically connected to each other.

2. The input device of claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the protection member is larger than the pressing member in plan view.

3. The input device of claim 1 , further comprising a plate-like clicking part having a press surface, wherein each of the one or more pressure detectors is configured to detect pressing force that acts on the press surface.

4. The input device of claim 3 , further comprising a feeling generating member including the clicking part and a plurality of legs, wherein

the plurality of legs are disposed to surround the clicking part and support the clicking part, and

the plurality of legs are the pressing members of the plurality of pressure detectors.

5. The input device of claim 4 , further comprising a protector between the feeling generating member and the elastic bodies of the plurality of pressure detectors, wherein

the protector has an opening at a location facing the clicking part, and

the protection members of the plurality of pressure detectors are portions of the protector and support the plurality of legs.

6. The input device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more pressure detectors further includes an insulator between the protection member and the elastic body.

7. The input device of claim 1 , wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the elastic body has a rough surface facing the pressing member.

8. An input device, comprising:

one or more pressure detectors;

a plate-like clicking part having a press surface; and

a feeling generating member including the clicking part and a plurality of legs, each of the one or more pressure detectors including:

an electrode,

an elastic body on the electrode,

a pressing member on an opposite side of the elastic body from the electrode, and

a protection member between the elastic body and the pressing member, the protection member having higher strength than the elastic body,

each of the one or more pressure detectors being configured to detect pressing force that acts on the press surface,

the plurality of legs being disposed to surround the clicking part and support the clicking part, and

the plurality of legs being the pressing members of the plurality of pressure detectors.

9. The input device of claim 8 , wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the protection member is conductive.

10. The input device of claim 8 , wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the protection member is larger than the pressing member in plan view.

11. The input device of claim 8 , further comprising a protector between the feeling generating member and the elastic bodies of the plurality of pressure detectors, wherein

the protector has an opening at a location facing the clicking part, and

the protection members of the plurality of pressure detectors are portions of the protector and support the plurality of legs.

12. The input device of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the one or more pressure detectors further includes an insulator between the protection member and the elastic body.

13. The input device of claim 8 , wherein in at least one of the one or more pressure detectors, the elastic body has a rough surface facing the pressing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2021
From: SAITO, YUTA; MATSUMOTO, KENICHI; NAKAE, RYO; MITSUOKA, MASANORI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-106209 · Jun 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210165498A1 · Jun 3, 2021