Patent ID: 9417698
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An input device comprising: an operation portion that allows an input operation to be performed by an operating body contacting with or coming close to an upper surface thereof; an input detection portion that detects an input operation with respect to the operation portion; a driving member provided below the operation portion that drives the operation portion in an up-down direction; an elastic member provided below the operation portion; a case member that holds the driving member; an interlocking member provided below the operation portion, connected to the operation portion, and driven with the operation portion; a restricting member provided between the operation portion and the interlocking member that restricts upward movement of the interlocking member; and a first damper member provided below the interlocking member, contactable with the interlocking member, and having elasticity, wherein: the elastic member elastically urges the interlocking member such that the interlocking member is brought into press contact with the first damper member, the restricting member has a flat plate shape in a plan view and has a first opening at a center thereof, the operation portion includes a connection portion provided so as to extend downward, the connection portion is inserted into the first opening and connected to the interlocking member, and the elastic member and the first damper member are arranged outside the first opening in a plan view.