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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Hitoshi Ando, Saitama, JP;
Hitoshi Ando, Saitama, JP;
Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
The present application provides an input member and an electrical device that includes the input member in which a slide operation can be performed, and in which a predetermined input value for each position touched by a user can be entered. The input member includes that one or a plurality of conductive elastic bodies; an operation plate that has an operation plane and that has the conductive elastic bodies on a rear surface side of the operation plane; a base plate including a group of electrodes, the electrodes being provided at positions opposite to the conductive elastic bodies without contacting each other; and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the conductive elastic bodies toward the base plate are aligned in a predetermined direction.