Patent ID: 6150919
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: G05G,H01C

Abstract:
A multi-way input device comprising:a first interlocking member which has a longitudinal slit and which is rotatable;a second interlocking member disposed in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of said first interlocking member; said second interlocking member having a slot and being rotatable;a frame within which said first and second interlocking member are mounted;an operating shaft inserted through both said slit of the first interlocking member and said slot of the second interlocking member and supported tiltably by the second interlocking member; anda plurality of electric components attached to said frame and capable of being operated through said first and second interlocking members by operation of said operating shaft,said operating shaft having pivot shaft portions of a convex or concave shape formed thereon, and said second interlocking member having engaging portions of a concave or convex shape for engagement with said pivot shaft portions, said engaging portions being formed on walls defining the slot of the second interlocking member, said engaging portions of the second interlocking member and said pivot shaft portions of the operating shaft being engaged with each other by snap-fitting, thereby allowing the operating shaft to be pivotably supported by the second interlocking member.