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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Hosono, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Sadayuki Yaginuma, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An input device includes a strain generation body having a base and a pillar section extending from the base in a vertical direction, and four strain sensors disposed to the base of the strain generation body. The four strain sensors are disposed in four directions different by 90° with respect to a center of the pillar section, the pillar section has protrusions on an outer circumferential surface in a tip portion, the protrusions protruding in a horizontal direction, the protrusions includes two protrusions protruding in directions opposite to each other with respect to the center of the pillar section, and the two protrusions are provided, with respect to the center of the pillar section, in directions different from the four directions in which the four strain sensors are disposed.