Patent ID: 6753848
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A pointing device comprising:a case in which at least a bottom plate portion thereof is made of a plastic material, said bottom plate portion being mountable on an external substrate; a sliding type operating body attached to said case for inputting a signal in an X-Y direction and slidable in all directions along a front surface of said case; a pair of moving bodies linearly moving in an X-direction and a Y direction within said case in response to the sliding operation of the operating body; an internal substrate provided within said case positioned below a pair of moving bodies and insert molded in the bottom plate portion of the case; and a terminal member having one end portion electrically connected to said internal substrate said one end portion being insert molded in the bottom plate portion of said case together with said internal substrate, and another end portion protruding from the case to form a connecting terminal for connecting with an external substrate, wherein said moving body has a plate-like portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a moving direction, and a sliders means mounted to both end portions of said plate-like portion and holding said plate-like portion in such a manner as to be moveable within said case.