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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Shuji Saiki, Uda-gun, JP;
Sawako Usuki, Kobe, JP;
Tetsuo Murakami, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electronic apparatus including a touch pad. The electronic apparatus also includes a housing and a mechanical acoustic transducer. The housing supports an outer circumferential portion of the touch pad via a suspension to provide a space for sound emission between the housing and the touch pad. The electromechanical acoustic transducer is connected to the housing, and emits sound into the space. When the electromechanical acoustic transducer emits the sound into the space, an energy of the sound emitted causes the touch pad to vibrate and thereby to output sound outside the electronic apparatus.