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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hajime Suzuki, Miyagi, JP;
Hiroshi Wakuda, Miyagi, JP;
Ko Owada, Fukushima, JP;
Tetsu Numata, Miyagi, JP;
Toshiki Tachioka, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device and an input module are provided that vibrate in a direction along the surface of a cantilevered operation unit. The input device includes a fixed member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft, an operation unit having an end rotatably supported by the rotation shaft and being rotatable relative to the fixed member, and a vibrating element that generates vibration of the operation unit in the axial direction of the rotation shaft in response to a rotation operation performed on the operation unit.