公开(公告)号：US11762472B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US17865509

申请日：2022-07-15

Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hajime Suzuki ,  Hiroshi Wakuda ,  Ko Owada ,  Tetsu Numata ,  Toshiki Tachioka

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F3/03547

Abstract: An input device and an input module are provided that vibrate in a direction along the surface of a cantilevered operation unit. The input device includes a fixed member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft, an operation unit having an end rotatably supported by the rotation shaft and being rotatable relative to the fixed member, and a vibrating element that generates vibration of the operation unit in the axial direction of the rotation shaft in response to a rotation operation performed on the operation unit.

公开(公告)号：US12125650B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17865541

申请日：2022-07-15

Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hajime Suzuki ,  Hiroshi Wakuda ,  Ko Owada ,  Tetsu Numata ,  Kunio Sato

IPC: H01H13/85 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H3/00

CPC classification number: H01H13/85 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01H9/161 ,  H01H2003/008

Abstract: A switch to be attached to a panel having an opening in a surface includes: a stationary member to be attached to the panel; a movable member to be placed at a distance from the panel, the movable member having a manipulation surface separated from the panel in the opening with a gap intervening between the manipulation surface and the panel, the manipulation surface being exposed from the opening; and a vibration element disposed between the stationary member and the movable member, the vibration element vibrating the movable member.

公开(公告)号：US10338723B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US15889360

申请日：2018-02-06

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Ko Owada ,  Yuki Oishi ,  Masahiro Takata ,  Teruyasu Fukuyama

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A touchpad includes an operating plate having an operating surface on which an inputting operation is performed, an added feature part attached to a first surface of the operating plate opposite from the operating surface, a sensing unit disposed to face toward at least a portion of the first surface, the portion being at least a part of an area of the first surface other than an area to which the added feature part is attached, a holding member disposed at a predetermined distance apart from a first face of the added feature part, the first face of the added feature part being opposite from a second face thereof facing toward the operating plate, and a support member situated between, and in contact with, the added feature part and the holding member, wherein the support member has a lower Young's modulus than the added feature part and the holding member.