Aisin Aw Co., Ltd.

Yoichiro Taka

Kazuhide Adachi

Ryoji Koyama

Masashi Takano

Tarou Aikawa

An operation input device system and method are provided. The operation input device includes a touch pad having an operation plate on a surface of which an operation surface is formed. The touch pad is configured to sense an object in contact with or in proximity to the operation surface to receive input corresponding to a position of the sensed object. A hole portion provided to penetrate through the operation plate and a protrusion member inserted into the hole portion. The operation input device also includes a drive mechanism provided on a back surface side of the operation plate and configured to cause an advancing/retracting operation of the protrusion member along a direction intersecting the operation surface between a first state in which a distal end portion of the protrusion member is above the operation surface and a second state in which the distal end portion is not above the operation surface.

Operation input device

An electronic device mounted on a circuit board and accommodated in a housing includes a heat source element accommodated in the housing and mounted on the circuit board, and a heat conducting member accommodated in the housing. The heat conducting member is movably mounted on the circuit board. An elastic member fixes the heat source element and the heat conducting member in abutment with each other. The elasticity of the elastic member permits variations in the relative positions of the heat source element and the heat conducting member while maintaining the abutment of the heat source element and the heat conducting member.

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Okazaki, Japan

Yoichiro Taka