Patent ID: 8519282

Claim:
A joystick device, comprising; a control shaft having one end to which a control knob is attached and the other end to which a turning portion of a turning device is connected; a holder supporting the control shaft shiftably in an axial direction of the control shaft; a case body supporting the holder turnably around a turning shaft portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the control shaft; an elastic member biasing the control shaft in the axial direction; an axial force adjusting portion capable of adjusting a pressing force by varying a biasing force of the elastic member, the pressing force being adapted to shift the control shaft in the axial direction; a stroke adjustment portion capable of adjusting an axially shifting stroke of the control shaft: wherein the stroke adjustment portion has an adjusting screw threadedly engaged with first support bracket so as to have an axis parallel to the control shaft, and the stroke of the control shaft can be adjusted by turning the adjusting screw to vary an amount of projection from the first support bracket.