Input device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkizumi Saito, Hiroshi Ohara
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Abstract
An input device includes a housing; an invertible spring provided inside the housing; a load sensor arranged alongside the invertible spring inside the housing; a stem extending across a top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and configured to push both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor in response to an operating load applied to the stem; and a first fixed contact provided inside the housing, wherein the stem is a conductive member, and in response to the operating load applied to the stem, the stem pushes both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and also comes into contact with the first fixed contact so that the first fixed contact is energized via the stem.
Claims14
An input device comprising:
- a housing;
- an invertible spring provided inside the housing;
- a load sensor arranged alongside the invertible spring inside the housing;
- a stem extending across a top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and configured to push both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor in response to an operating load applied to the stem;
- and
- a first fixed contact provided inside the housing,
- wherein the stem is a conductive member, and in response to the operating load applied to the stem, the stem pushes both the top portion of the invertible spring and the load sensor, and also comes into contact with the first fixed contact so that the first fixed contact is energized via the stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.