US 12,443,291 B2
Operation device, keyboard device, and electronic apparatus
Kimio Kumada, Yokohama (JP); Kazuyuki Kubota, Yokohama (JP); and Takahide Wada, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed by LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/964,009.
Claims priority of application No. 2024-022180 (JP), filed on Feb. 16, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0264944 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01H 13/81 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/03543 (2013.01) [G06F 1/169 (2013.01); H01H 13/81 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
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1. An operation device that is a stick-type operation device configured to perform a tilt operation, the operation device comprising:
a support plate;
a sensor substrate having a first through-hole in a plate thickness direction and supported by a front surface of the support plate;
a support columnar member formed of a light-transmitting material and extends upwardly from one surface of the sensor substrate whereby the first through-hole is blocked;
an operation member having light-transmitting property and attached to the support columnar member;
a wire between the operation member and the sensor substrate, wherein the wire includes a planar portion configured to receive the support columnar member therein; and
a light source configured to irradiate the support columnar member with light through the first through-hole.