Patent ID: 7817442

Claim:
An input device mountable on a circuit board, the circuit board including an electrode pattern and an earth pattern, the input device comprising: a body having a board mounting face to be placed on the circuit board and an accommodating part, the accommodating part having an inner surface located on an opposite side of the body from the board mounting face; an operation member having a basal end accommodated in the accommodating part and a distal end projected from the accommodating part in an operable manner; a fixed contacting point part being embedded in the body and having a part exposed from the inner face of the accommodating part, the fixed contacting part being electrically connectable to the electrode pattern of the circuit board; a movable contacting point part arranged at the basal end of the operation member and slidably movable on the exposed part of the fixed contacting point part in concert with operation movement of the operation member; and an earth terminal embedded in the body for discharging static electricity charged in the operation member, wherein the earth terminal includes: a receiving part exposed from the body and positioned near the operation member and a connecting part exposed from the board mounting face of the body and solder connectable to the earth pattern of the circuit board.