Patent ID: 6433773
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A tablet input device with a switch comprising;a tablet sheet constructed by upper and lower sheets arranged such that surfaces of the upper and lower sheets are oppositely spaced from each other; an operating button arranged on the tablet sheet such that a bottom face coming in contact with the tablet sheet is formed and an operating portion is formed on a surface of thee operating button; a tablet case in which an outer frame is formed around a bottom portion formed in a plate shape and the operating button and the tablet sheet are opposed to each other so as to freely roll the bottom face of the operating button on the tablet sheet, and the operating portion of the operating button faces outward and is stored into the outer frame; an outer case in which an opening for making the operating portion of the operating button face outward is bored; a substrate set such that the tablet case is nipped and oppositely arranged between the substrate and the outer case; a pushbutton switch arranged on a substrate surface opposed to the opening bored in the outer case and having an actuator arranged on an opening side; and an elastic leg body in which a basic end portion is fixed to an outside face of the outer frame arranged in the tablet case and a first leg body slantingly extends from the basic end portion to a substrate side, and a second leg body crosses the first leg body in an X-shape and has a basic end portion slidably engaged along an outside face of the outer frame of the tablet case and is rotatable with respect to the first leg body with a crossing portion as a center, and the first and second leg bodies are respectively arranged on opposite sides of the outer frame; the tablet input device being constructed such that: the operating portion of the operating button is shifted from its center and is pressed and operated, and the upper and lower sheets come in contact with the bottom face of the operating button in a shifting position so that the tablet sheet outputs output data showing a shift operating amount from the contact position; and the operating portion of the operating button is pressed by pressing force resisting elastic force of the elastic leg body, and the bottom portion of the tablet case pushes down the actuator of the pushbutton switch so that the pushbutton switch is operated.