Patent ID: 7078632

Claim:
A four-directional switching device, comprising: an operating member; a driving member rotatably supporting the operating member attached thereto, using a predetermined straight line as a center of rotation; a case rotatably supporting the driving member using a straight line in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined straight line as a center of rotation; a pair of switches disposed to be opposed to the operating member and pressed by the operating member when the operating member is rotated by an operation of the operating member using the predetermined straight line as the center of rotation; and another pair of switches disposed to be opposed to the driving member and pressed by the driving member when the driving member is rotated by an operation of the operating member using the straight line in the direction orthogonal to the predetermined straight line as the center of rotation, wherein a pair of bearing portions is disposed at one side of the driving member and another pair of bearing portions is disposed at another side of the driving member to allow the operating member to be rotatably supported with respect to the driving member disposed between the pair of bearing portions disposed at the one side thereof, the other pair of switches is disposed below a portion between the pair of bearing portions disposed at the one side of the driving member, and a distance between the pair of bearing portions disposed at the other side of the driving member is formed to be shorter than a distance between the pair of bearing portions disposed at the one side of the driving member, the driving member is rotatably supported in the case by the pair of bearing portions disposed at the other side thereof, and the pair of switches is disposed at an outer side between the pair of bearing portions disposed at the other side of the driving member to be pressed by the operating member.