Patent ID: 6884948

Claim:
A multi-directional switch, comprising: a bearing; an operating shaft rockably supported by the bearing; and a cam for giving a required feeling of operation to an operation of the operating shaft, wherein an actuator reciprocating along an axis of the operating shaft and an elastic member accelerating the actuator in one direction are provided in a tip portion of the operating shaft, wherein, in the cam, a spherical surface-shaped bottom portion for holding the operating shaft in a non-operation position via the actuator, a plurality of first inclined surfaces formed in a radial shape at an outer circumference of the bottom portion, and a plurality of second inclined surfaces formed in a radial shape at an outer circumference of the first inclined surfaces and having an inclined angle less than those of the first inclined surfaces, are formed, and wherein swelled step portions are provided at boundaries between the first inclined surfaces and the second inclined surfaces.