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US 2015/0084898 A1Published application
Input device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinji Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Hiratsuka, Atsushi Masuda, Shinji Fujimura
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AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsShinji Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Hiratsuka, Atsushi Masuda, Shinji Fujimura
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An input device includes: an operation portion allowing an input operation by an operating body contacting with or coming close to an upper surface thereof; an input detection portion detecting an input operation with respect to the operation portion; a driving member provided below the operation portion and driving the operation portion in an up-down direction; an elastic member provided below the operation portion; a case member holding the driving member; an interlocking member provided below the operation portion, connected to the operation portion, and driven with the operation portion; a restricting member provided between the operation portion and the interlocking member and restricting upward movement of the interlocking member; and an elastic first damper member provided below the interlocking member and contactable with the interlocking member. The elastic member elastically urges the interlocking member such that the interlocking member is brought into press contact with the first damper member.
An input device comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.