Patent ID: 6667733
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
A pointing device comprising a case fixed to a substrate, a sliding-type operating body that is mounted to said case for inputting a signal in X-Y directions and is slid in all directions around itself and along a surface of said substrate, a pair of moving bodies for moving linearly in X and Y directions as said operating body is slid, one end portion of each of said respective moving bodies projecting from the side of said case to face said surface of said substrate, and contacts in a pair that are respectively mounted to said one end portions of said moving bodies in said pair and that form volumes by coming into sliding contact with a resistor circuit formed on said surface of said substrate, wherein springs for resiliently retaining said moving bodies in said pair in an origin position are provided, and wherein two side portions substantially perpendicular to each other of said case overhang sideways over said respective one end portions of said moving bodies in said pair and said springs are respectively provided between said overhanging portions and said projecting portions.