ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140176318A1
• Filed: 08/14/2012
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kono, Kenji
• Granted Patent: US 9,317,122 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/407.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means

Abstract

An electronic device includes: a touch panel 30; an elastic member 70 that supports the panel 30 to be capable of vibration in a position of an opening 11 of a housing 10; a vibration unit 60 that vibrates the panel 30; a display unit 40 on a rear side of the panel 30 with space therebetween; a substrate 50 on a rear side of the unit 40 with space therebetween; and a support portion 13 provided in the housing 10 to support a periphery of the rear of the unit 40. A surface 31 of the panel 30 and a surface 15 of the housing 10 are provided with a flexible member 20 over a gap 14 between a periphery of the panel 30 and the housing 10. The unit 40 is supported air-tightly to the portion 13 around the periphery of the rear of the unit 40.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch panel;

an elastic support member configured to support the touch panel such that the touch panel is capable of vibration in a position of an opening portion of a housing;

a vibration unit configured to vibrate the touch panel;

a display unit disposed on a side of a rear surface of the touch panel such that the display unit is spaced apart from the rear surface of the touch panel;

a circuit substrate disposed on a side of a rear surface of the display unit such that the display unit is spaced apart from the rear surface of the display unit; and

a support portion provided in the housing and configured to support a peripheral portion of the rear surface of the display unit, wherein

a surface of the touch panel and a surface of the housing are provided with a flexible sheet member over a gap provided between a periphery of the touch panel and the housing, and

the display unit is supported air-tightly relative to the support portion around the entire peripheral portion of the rear surface of the display unit.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the support portion is provided to protrude from an inner wall of the housing around the entire peripheral portion of the rear surface of the display unit.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the support portion is provided to protrude in a frame shape from a bottom portion of the housing around the entire peripheral portion of the rear surface of the display unit.