Patent ID: 7969411

Claim:
An input device for an electronic device, wherein said input device has a front side comprising a front face, a number of side faces depending therefrom, and a back face, where a front screen plate substantially covers said front face, where the front screen plate may be translated in relation to said front face and said side faces in at least three dimensions, and that said front screen plate is provided with biasing means such that said front screen plate is biased towards a first position from which the front screen plate may be manipulated in the three dimensions, and that electronic circuitry is arranged in the device, where said electronic circuitry includes one or more switch devices, wherein said switches are arranged to be activated by displacing the front screen plate, and thereby create/register an input, and wherein the front screen plate ( 1 ) is transparent and that said front screen plate is connected to a first frame member ( 2 ), where said first frame member ( 2 ) is connected by one or more first biasing members to a first guide rail ( 5 ), such that the front screen plate may move in a first direction (X) relative to the guide rail ( 5 ), that said guide rail is provided with protrusions ( 13 ) opposite the side which is facing the front screen plate ( 1 ), which protrusions are accommodated in grooves ( 14 ) provided in a second guide rail ( 9 ), such that said first guide rail ( 5 ) may be moved in a second direction (Y) perpendicular to the first direction (X) relative to said second guide rail ( 9 ), where third biasing members ( 15 ) are provided between said first and second guide rails ( 5 , 9 ) thereby allowing relative movement in a second direction (Y), and further that one or more second biasing members ( 4 ) are provided between said first and second guide rails ( 5 , 9 ) thereby allowing relative movement in a third direction (Z) perpendicular to said first and second directions (X,Y) between the first and second guide rails ( 5 , 9 ).