Patent ID: 6429767
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
A multidirectional input device comprising:a frame; first and second interlock members turnably mounted in said frame so as to intersect each other; a control shaft having an axial direction positioned perpendicularly to said first and second interlock members and held by said second interlock member so as to be tilted to turn said first and second interlock members; a bottom plate placed so as to intersect the axial direction of said control shaft; an operating member held by said control shaft so as to be moveable in the axial direction of said control shaft; an urging member for elastically pressing a bottom of said operating member against said bottom plate; and electric parts operated via said first and second interlock members by the tilting operation of said control shaft, wherein said control shaft is provided with a shaft support portion and a cylindrical portion, said shaft support portion being disposed along the axial direction of the control shaft and configured to movably engage a central portion of the operating member, said cylindrical portion being spaced away from said shaft support portion so as to form an interior area for holding said urging member, said urging member being disposed between an inner wall of said cylindrical portion and an outer wall of said shaft support portion, and wherein the inner wall of the cylindrical portion is spline-connected with an outer wall of said operating member.