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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2010
Shinya Iwawaki, Toyama, JP;
Kazuo Imai, Toyama, JP;
Takayuki Mizuki, Toyama, JP;
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A holding structure for a touch panel has a display panel, a touch panel for allowing an input operation, a supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge a piezoelectric device for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel, a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel via the supporting frame, and a flexible resin sheet integrally provided to the front surface side of the touch panel. The flexible substrate is formed to have a size entirely larger than a glass substrate on a rear surface side of the touch panel. The peripheral edge of the flexible substrate is held by a rear surface of a peripheral edge of the opening of the casing and a supporting member fixed to the casing.