Patent ID: 7595712

Claim:
A pointing device, comprising: a base section; an operating section shiftably supported on said base section; a single magnet carried on said operating section; and a magneto-electro transducer carried on said base section near said magnet; wherein said operating section includes a holding part securely holding said magnet and shiftably supported on said base section, an elastic part having a first connecting portion inserted into said holding part and a second connection portion opposite to said first connecting portion and connected to said base section, said elastic part exerting an elastic force for returning said holding part to a home position in a shifting range, while accompanying a shifting operation of said holding part on said base section, and a key top attached to said holding part independently from said elastic part; wherein an operating surface is formed on said key top, for said shifting operation of said operating section; wherein said elastic part is provided integrally with a major portion exposed outside of a cover member housing said magnet, said major portion exerting an even elastic biasing force irrespective of a shifting direction of said holding part and said major portion surrounding substantially an entire circumference of a fixing portion of said holding part, said fixing portion fixedly holding said magnet about a center axis of said holding part, and wherein said elastic part is provided integrally with said first connecting portion inserted into said holding part at one end of said major portion adjacent to said key top and said second connecting portion connected to said base section at another end of said major portion.