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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuo Kaneo, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Toshio Ogawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Katsuhiko Tochihara, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Ryoichi Maeda, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Hirofumi Okumura, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/700 ; H01L 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 1/700 ; H01L 4/100 ;
Abstract
There is provided an input device which is small, has good productivity, is inexpensive, and can be surface-mounted. In an input device of the present invention, a plurality of terminals of a metal material connected to deflection detecting elements are connected in a substrate portion of an operation member, and the terminal allows the input device to be surface-mounted on a print board. It is thus possible to provide the input device which is inexpensive and small without using a conventional, large flexible substrate.