Patent ID: 8508511

Claim:
An inputting device comprising: a casing comprising a case with an opening, and a cover disposed on the case over the opening; an actuator mounted in said casing and configured to rotate relative to said casing in a rotation direction about a rotation axis, and move relative to said casing in a predetermined movement direction perpendicular to the rotation axis and parallel to a rotating plane that includes the rotation direction; an actuator rotation sensor; an actuator movement sensor; and wherein said actuator rotation suppressor comprises an actuator-side rotation suppressor portion fixed for rotation with said actuator, and a casing-side rotation suppressor portion fixed to said casing; wherein said actuator-side rotation suppressor portion is constituted by a movable body fixed to and projecting radially outwardly from said actuator; and wherein the casing, the actuator, and the rotation suppressor are arranged such that the shortest distance between the actuator-side rotation suppressor portion and the casing-side rotation suppressor portion in the predetermined movement direction perpendicular to the rotation axis is shorter than the shortest distance between the actuator and the casing in the predetermined movement direction perpendicular to the rotation axis.