Patent ID: 7107083

Claim:
An input device comprising: a supporting unit including a connector which is detachably connected to a mobile terminal having a display unit, the supporting unit further having a supporter and first shafts, which project from the supporter at opposing ends, the connector provided on a side surface of the supporter; an operating unit which transmits an operation signal to the mobile terminal via the connector; a plurality of operation keys provided on an operating surface of the operating unit; a position conversion unit which is formed between the supporting unit and the operating unit, and which, while the connector is connected to the mobile terminal, allows the operating unit to rotate between a stored position at which the operating unit is hidden behind the mobile terminal and an operating position at which the operating surface is exposed at a position such that the operating surface can be operated; and a rotating unit that includes a pair of opposing rotators, which are connected to each other with a connecting member, wherein the rotators contain first bores, and the first shafts are retained in the first bores.