Touch-Panel-Equipped Electronic Device
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinichiro Sakaguchi, Kazunari Tagata, Toshio Imanishi
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Abstract
A touch-panel-equipped electronic device having a display panel, a touch panel, vibration elements, and vibration propagation members. The touch panel is disposed above the display panel. The vibration elements are disposed lateral to the display panel. The vibration propagation members propagate vibrations of the vibration elements to the touch panel. Each vibration element is disposed such that a vibration direction of a vibration plate thereof is parallel to the normal direction of the display panel.
Claims16
A touch-panel-equipped electronic device comprising:
- a display panel;
- a touch panel disposed above the display panel;
- a vibration element disposed lateral to the display panel and oriented such that a vibration direction of the vibration element is parallel to a normal direction of the display panel;
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- a vibration propagation member configured to propagate vibrations of the vibration element to the touch panel.
A vibration propagation member for use with a touch-panel-equipped electronic device, the vibration propagation member comprising:
- a support portion configured to support at least an edge of a touch panel above a display panel;
- a vibration element portion positioned so as to extend on a lateral side of the display panel and oriented such that a vibration direction of a vibration element in contact with the vibration element portion is parallel to a normal direction of the display panel;
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- a connecting portion connecting the support portion and the vibration element portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.