Patent ID: 8576186

Claim:
A holding structure for a touch panel, comprising: a display panel for forming a display screen; a touch panel disposed outside the display panel, for allowing an input operation; an elastic supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge thereof and supporting the touch panel in parallel with the display panel; a piezoelectric device disposed at a side edge of the touch panel, for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel; and a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel via the elastic supporting frame, the casing having an opening through which the touch panel is exposed, wherein the elastic supporting frame holds the touch panel at an entire peripheral edge of the touch panel and includes a plurality of touch panel supporting portions for supporting the touch panel at a side edge portion of a rear surface of the touch panel, and the touch panel supporting portions of the elastic supporting frame support portions where nodes of the vibration of the touch panel by the piezoelectric device exist.