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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2003
Kenicni Takabatake, Osaka, JP;
Toshiharu Fukui, Nara, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Koji Tanabe, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Komiya, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a compact input device that offers a wide space for input operation and portable equipment using the device. The input operation section of the input device is not only for data entry by users, but also for transmitting sound vibration. The coupling section of the device is coupled to the input operation section to form a closed cavity between the two sections. The sound vibration transmitting section, which is formed adjacent to the closed cavity, conveys sound vibration, via the closed cavity, from the input operation section to the sound vibration transmitting section (or vice versa). The portable equipment includes the aforementioned input device and a sound vibration element. In the equipment, the sound vibration element is coupled to the sound vibration transmitting section of the input device. Sound vibration is transmitted, via the closed cavity and sound vibration transmitting section of the input device, from input operation section to the vibration element (or vice versa).