Patent ID: 7109971

Claim:
A joystick, comprising: an operating member, which has shaft portions respectively protruded from both side faces thereof; an upper rotary member, which supports the operating member so as to be pivotable in a first direction; a lower rotary member, which supports the operating member so as to be pivotable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and an urging member, which urges the lower rotary member and the upper rotary member so that the operating member is situated at a neutral position thereof, wherein the lower rotary member has an elongated hole through which the operating member is passed, and the elongated hole extended in the first direction; wherein the shaft portions are rotatably engaged in shaft holes which are formed in side walls of the elongated hole; wherein expansion parts are formed on the operating member so as to expand within the elongated hole in the first direction; and wherein the operating member rotates through the shaft portions so that both side faces of each expansion part slide along both inner wall faces of the elongated hole.