Patent ID: 7701445

Claim:
An input apparatus for detecting that a front surface of a panel is pressed or touched and inputting data corresponding to the detected result, comprising: a flexible wiring board on which a pattern of electrodes is formed and in which a pair of through-holes are formed so as to be aligned with each other; and a piezoelectric actuator that includes a piezoelectric bi-morph device, the piezoelectric actuator including an upper surface and a lower surface on opposite sides of the piezoelectric actuator and being positioned on the flexible wiring board so as to bridge the pair of through-holes in the flexible wiring board such that end portions on the lower surface of the piezoelectric actuator contact the flexible wiring board at opposite ends of the piezoelectric actuator, a part of the flexible wiring board including a spacer portion that is located between the pair of through-holes and that is positioned on the upper surface of the piezoelectric actuator, wherein the piezoelectric actuator is mounted on the flexible wiring board such that end portions of the upper surface of the piezoelectric actuator or a center portion of the lower surface of the piezoelectric actuator are positioned to contact the panel through an open portion of the flexible wiring board when the piezoelectric actuator is actuated.