Title:
MULTI-DIRECTIONAL INPUT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/054759
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
This multi-directional input device comprises: a housing having an opening; an operation member that has a shaft part inserted into the opening and can be tilted with respect to the housing; a plate-shaped member that is disposed below the operation shaft; a cylindrical movable shaft which is inserted into the shaft part and of which a lower end abuts on the plate-shaped member; a spacer that is disposed inside the movable shaft and abuts on the plate-shaped member; a magnet disposed on the spacer inside the movable shaft; a magnetic sensor disposed below the spacer; a first spring that is provided between the operation member and the movable shaft and urges the movable shaft downward with respect to the operation member; and a second spring that is provided between the operation member and the magnet to urge the magnet downward with respect to the operation member.
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Inventors:
NINOMIYA NOBUYUKI (JP)
HAYASHI MAKOTO (JP)
FUJIWARA SHUJI (JP)
HAYASHI MAKOTO (JP)
FUJIWARA SHUJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2021/032675
Publication Date:
March 17, 2022
Filing Date:
September 06, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
H01H25/06; H01H25/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2019169086A1 | 2019-09-06 |
Foreign References:
| US5160918A | 1992-11-03 | |||
| US5831554A | 1998-11-03 | |||
| JP2007323859A | 2007-12-13 | |||
| JP2012221342A | 2012-11-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH, Tadashige et al. (JP)
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