Patent ID: 6852938

Claim:
A multidirectional operation switch comprising: (a) a substantially cylindrical upper case; (b) a lower case covering a bottom surface of said upper case; (c) a rocking body held between said upper case and said lower case to be capable of rocking, said rocking body having a plurality of depressing parts radially projecting from a center thereof, and an operating shaft projecting upwardly therefrom; (d) a plurality of switches each of which is to be depressed by a respective one of the plurality of depressing parts according to rocking of said rocking body to establish or break electrical contact; (e) a resilient member housed in a lower portion of said rocking body; and (f) a tactile feedback member housed in a position below said resilient member in the lower portion of said rocking body; wherein said tactile feedback member is urged by said resilient member and brought into resilient contact with a recess provided in said lower case; wherein said rocking body has a spherical fulcrum portion, that is a center of rocking, in a middle thereof leading to the operating shaft; wherein said upper case has an upper support having a first spherical curved surface; wherein said lower case has a lower support having a second spherical curved surface; wherein the fulcrum portion is held by the first spherical curved surface and the second spherical curved surface; and wherein centers of the spherical fulcrum portion, the first spherical curved surface, and the second spherical curved surface are in substantially the same position.