Patent ID: 6563488
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G05G,H01H

Abstract:
A pointing device comprising:a substrate having an electrically conductive surface; a resilient return member supported by the substrate along an outer edge, the return member spaced from the electrically conductive surface in a rest mode and displaceable relative to the substrate by a force and resiliently returning to the rest position with removal of the force, the return member having a voltage variance over a resistive rocking surface of the return member, the resistive rocking surface displaceable to contact a portion of the electrically conductive surface at an electrical contact position to generate a signal through the electrically conductive surface with the voltage variance in a pressed mode, the resistive rocking surface displaceable to rock on the electrically conductive surface to change the electrical contact position between the resistive rocking surface and the electrically conductive surface to produce a corresponding change in the signal.