Patent ID: 9494966
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: G05G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A multidirectional input device, comprising: a mount, including a support face; an operation lever; a first interlocking member, receiving the operation lever therethrough and being movable in a first direction in an arc-like manner in accordance with movement in the first direction of the operation lever; a second interlocking member, crossing the first interlocking member, receiving the operation lever therethrough, and being movable in a second direction in an arc-like manner in accordance with movement in the second direction of the operation lever, the second direction crossing the first direction; a first detector configured to detect a direction and an amount of movement of the first interlocking member; and a second detector configured to detect a direction and an amount of movement of the second interlocking member, wherein the support face of the mount is of generally spherical convex shape projecting to one side in a third direction, the third direction being orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, the operation lever is located on the one side in the third direction relative to the support face and is in direct contact with the support face so as to be slidably supported on the support face, and the first and second interlocking members are located on the one side in the third direction relative to the support face.