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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toru Tominaga, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Takashi Kihara, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hidekazu Kano, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Jun Endo, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Assignee:
MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B06B 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H01L 41/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B06B 1/0688 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); H01L 41/193 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration device that includes a vibration unit that has a vibrator which vibrates in a plane direction; and a sensor arranged on at least a portion of the vibration unit around the vibrator in a plan view of the vibration unit, and the sensor is constructed to detect a pressing operation in a direction normal to a pressing surface of the vibration device.