摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switch device which transmits load required for detecting operation conducted to a force sensor while protecting a piezoelectric element. <P>SOLUTION: A switching device 1 according to one embodiment includes: a panel 22 enables operation in a direction being pushed into a housing 10; a pedestal part 20 moving in the direction being pushed into with the panel 22 to contact a bottom surface 106 inside the housing 10; a force sensor 12 outputting a first signal by detecting load based on the operation in the direction being pushed into; a vibration generation part 14 provided so as to contact the force sensor 12 and generating vibration; and elastic members 18 disposed between the pedestal part 20 and the vibration generation part 14 and elastically deforming on the basis of load applied thereto through the panel 22 and the pedestal part 20 as the pedestal part 20 moves in the direction being pushed into. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |