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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Ishibashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Tomatsu, Yokohama, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device with a piezoelectric element disposed at a location other than near an edge of a panel. A device includes a panel and a piezoelectric element disposed in a predetermined region on a planar surface of the panel. The panel vibrates in response to vibration of the piezoelectric element so as to transmit sound to a human body contacting the panel. By the piezoelectric element being disposed in the predetermined region of the panel, the center of the piezoelectric element is located within a range of 40% to 60% of the distance from one edge to the other edge of the panel in a first direction and within a range of 40% to 60% of the distance from one edge to the other edge of the panel in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.