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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Tatsumi Okuda, Motosu-gun, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a portable input device comprising a front panel providing a portion of a casing, and a touch panel accommodated in a recessed portion formed in the front panel . The recessed portion has a transparent part opposed to the screen of a display . The surface of the front panel is provided with an exterior sheet covering the touch panel in the recessed portion . The exterior sheet has a transparent portion opposed to a manipulation surface of the touch panel . An outer peripheral portion of the exterior sheet has a rear surface adhered to the surface of a panel affixing portion formed around the recessed portion . The input device is easy to assemble and usable for inputting data without the likelihood of dust and the like ingressing into the device.