Patent ID: 8586885

Claim:
A force-feedback multidirectional input device comprising: a base body having a housing space; a slider supported to be slidable along an inner bottom surface of the housing space; an operation knob joined to the slider and exposed at the top of the base body; a force-feedback unit including a driving-force-transmitting mechanism engaged with the slider, the unit being capable of feeding back, to the operation knob, a sense of force acting in a planar direction based on the sliding of the slider; a pedestal on which the force-feedback unit is provided; a depressing-detecting mechanism that detects depressing of the operation knob, the depressing-detecting mechanism provided on the pedestal; a first urging mechanism that elastically urges the base body upward; and a second urging mechanism that elastically urges the slider toward the inner bottom surface of the housing space, wherein the base body is supported in such a manner as to be movable in a vertical direction relative to the pedestal, and wherein, when the operation knob is depressed, the slider is depressed and causes the base body to move downward against the urging force of the first urging mechanism, the downward movement of the base body realizing the detection performed by the depressing-detecting mechanism.