Patent ID: 11877515
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 2:
3. A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising:
an actuator comprising:
a piezoelectric element;
a vibration plate that has the piezoelectric element joined thereto and is configured to vibrate in accordance with displacement of the piezoelectric element; and
a support configured to support the vibration plate; and

an object of vibration configured to provide a tactile sensation to a user by vibration of the vibration plate being transmitted to the object of vibration, wherein
an angle between the vibration plate and the support is acute, and
the support is configured so that an end of the vibration plate is displaced more in a longitudinal direction than in a normal direction of the vibration plate in accordance with displacement of the piezoelectric element.