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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Fukoku Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Takahata, Saitama, JP;
Yoshimasa Yamaguchi, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Fukoku Co., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an input device, including: a base; an operation portion; and an oscillatory wave motor including a stator and a rotor, the rotor thrusting the stator, the oscillatory wave motor providing haptic feedback to an operator via the operation portion. Displacement of one of the stator and the rotor from the base in an axial direction is allowed, displacement of the one of the stator and the rotor in a rotational direction is restricted, and the operation portion includes the other one of the stator and the rotor.