Multidirectional input apparatus
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuyuki Ninomiya
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Abstract
A multidirectional input apparatus includes a housing including an opening portion; an operation member including an operation portion provided outside the housing and configured to be operated, and a shaft portion extending from the operation portion and inserted into the opening portion, the operation member being configured to receive an operation to be tilted with respect to the housing and an operation to be pushed into the housing; and a cover member that covers a portion surrounding the shaft portion, the cover member being configured to come into contact with the housing when the operation of pushing the operation member is performed.
Claims7
A multidirectional input apparatus comprising:
- a housing including an opening portion;
- an operation member including
- an operation portion provided outside the housing and configured to be operated, and
- a shaft portion extending from the operation portion and inserted into the opening portion,
- the operation member being configured to receive an operation to be tilted with respect to the housing and an operation to be pushed into the housing;
- and
- a cover member that covers a portion surrounding the shaft portion,
- wherein the cover member includes:
- a base portion configured to be attached to a lower side of the operation portion;
- and
- a contact portion that extends from the base portion in a direction away from the operation portion,
- wherein the housing includes:
- a housing body;
- and
- a dome portion protruding out from a surface of the housing body, the dome portion having the opening portion at a top of the dome portion, and
- wherein the contact portion has a dome-like shape corresponding to the dome portion, and
- wherein
- a gap is provided between the contact portion and the dome portion when the operation member is not operated,
- the contact portion and the dome portion have shapes corresponding to a part of two concentric spheres, and
- the contact portion and the dome portion do not contact each other when the operation of pushing the operation member is not performed, and the contact portion and the dome portion contact each other when the operation of pushing the operation member is performed.
A multidirectional input apparatus comprising:
- a housing including an opening portion;
- an operation member including
- an operation portion provided outside the housing and configured to be operated, and
- a shaft portion extending from the operation portion and inserted into the opening portion,
- the operation member being configured to receive an operation to be tilted with respect to the housing and an operation to be pushed into the housing;
- and
- a cover member that covers a portion surrounding the shaft portion, the cover member being configured to come into contact with the housing when the operation of pushing the operation member is performed,
- wherein the multidirectional input apparatus further comprises:
- a support portion configured to support the operation member with respect to a bottom portion of the housing;
- and
- a spring provided between the support portion and the operation member, the spring being configured to preload the operation member with respect to the support portion in a direction opposite to a direction of the operation of pushing the operation member, wherein
- the cover member is movable in a direction in which the spring extends and contracts along the shaft portion,
- a gap is provided between the operation portion and the cover member when the operation of pushing the operation member is not performed, and
- the operation portion and the cover member come in contact with each other when the operation of pushing the operation member is performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.