Patent ID: 7026180

Claim:
A method of resin-sealing a vibrating part of a touch panel input device that includes an operating panel that has an operating area, a touch panel that supports the operating panel, and a vibrating part that is fixed to a portion of the touch panel, which corresponds to a periphery of the operating area, in which an inputting operation is inputted onto the operating area so that the operating panel is vibrated by the vibrating part so as to generate a feeling of the inputting operation, the method comprising: providing the touch panel that includes the vibrating part; disposing a metal mask plate, which includes a through hole that accommodates the vibrating part, and is formed at a portion corresponding to the vibrating part, so as to form a resin inflow space between the vibrating part and the through hole, onto a surface of the touch panel, on which the vibrating part is mounted; sliding a squeegee over the metal mask plate, so as to fill a sealing resin, which has thixotropic properties, thermosetting properties and insulating properties, in the resin inflow space through the through hole; removing the metal mask plate from the touch panel; and thermally setting the sealing resin that is deposited on an outer surface of the vibrating part.