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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2017
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makito Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Mayuka Araumi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Arizumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makito Nakashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Kitamura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Sugawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsuneaki Kondoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Junichiro Natori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyuki Miyazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mizuki Otagiri, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input element includes: a first electrode and a second electrode that face each other; and an intermediate layer disposed between the first and the second electrodes and made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane. The intermediate layer is made of rubber or a rubber composition, the rubber or rubber composition containing siloxane that has a silicon atom bound to three to four oxygen atoms. The intermediate layer has concentration profiles such that, while oxygen increases from one side to the other side of a thickness direction thereof and has a maximal value, carbon decreases from the one side to the other side thereof and has a minimal value.