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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Sadayuki Yaginuma, Miyagi, JP;
Kunio Hosono, Fukushima, JP;
Tetsuo Muranaka, Miyagi, JP;
Yasuji Hagiwara, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device includes a housing and a strain-generating body including a cylindrical portion with an upper end surface, the strain-generating body being secured to the housing. The input device includes four strain sensors, the four strain sensors being secured around the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body. The input device includes an operation panel having a lower surface, the operation panel including a shaft, the shaft being situated on the lower surface and at a central portion of the operation panel, and the shaft being inserted into the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body to be secured to the strain-generating body. The upper end surface of the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body and the lower surface of the operation panel are in contact with each other.