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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Toshihisa Nabata, Sagamihara, JP;
Satoshi Mizuta, Sagamihara, JP;
Tomoaki Miyano, Kameyama, JP;
Kiyokazu Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Akio Kihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Shun Kazama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2006.01); H04R 7/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 17/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/2888 (2013.01); H04R 7/045 (2013.01); H04R 2201/029 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device () is provided with a piezoelectric element (), a panel () holding the piezoelectric element (), and a housing () holding the panel () and transmitting vibration through the panel (). The electronic device () causes the panel () to generate vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body. The electronic device () includes a stiffness varying portion () in which the stiffness of the housing () varies.