Input device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsYuta Saito, Yasunori Yanai, Takehiko Nara
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Abstract
An input device of the present disclosure includes a first fixed electrode, a second fixed electrode electrically insulated from the first fixed electrode, an elastic body having conductivity and positioned above the first fixed electrode and the second fixed electrode, a movable member that is positioned above the elastic body and is configured to push the elastic body toward the first fixed electrode, and an insulating layer that is positioned between the first fixed electrode and the elastic body and insulates the first fixed electrode and the elastic body from each other. The second fixed electrode and the elastic body are in contact with each other.
Claims12
An input device comprising:
- a first fixed electrode;
- a second fixed electrode electrically insulated from the first fixed electrode;
- an elastic body having conductivity and positioned above the first fixed electrode and the second fixed electrode;
- a movable member that is positioned above the elastic body and is configured to push the elastic body toward the first fixed electrode;
- an insulating layer that is positioned between the first fixed electrode and the elastic body and insulates the first fixed electrode and the elastic body from each other;
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- a stopper that restricts movement of the movable member, wherein:
- the second fixed electrode and the elastic body are in contact with each other,
- the movable member further includes a movable electrode positioned below the click member, and
- the stopper restricts movement of the movable electrode toward the elastic body not beyond a certain position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.