Controller switch assembly

A switch assembly comprising:

• a housing;
• a switching module carried by the housing, the switching module having a button operable therewith for activation thereof;
• a shaft carried by the housing, the shaft having a proximal end outside the housing for manual operation by a user, and a distal end within the housing, the shaft mounted for longitudinal movement along an axis thereof and rotational movement about the axis;
• a shaft bearing secured to the housing and slidably receiving the shaft therein for longitudinal and rotational movement thereof, the shaft bearing having a slot therein for defining at least one of an axial and a longitudinal range of movement, the shaft further having a shaft pin extending therefrom for engaging the slot to thus restrict the movement of the shaft;
• a disk carried by the shaft at a distal end thereof, the disk positioned for movement from a shaft neutral position wherein the disk is in a spaced position to the button of the switching module to a contacting position resulting from movement of the shaft for activation of the switching module;
• spring means operable with the shaft for biasing the shaft to the neutral position and automatically returning the shaft thereto from any radially and longitudinally displaced position, the spring means comprising a torsion spring operable with the shaft for biasing the rotational movement thereof to the neutral position;
• and
• a shoe slidably carried by the housing for only longitudinal sliding movement of the shoe within the housing through a frictional contact therewith, the shoe operable with the torsion spring for the biasing thereof while preventing frictional contact of the torsion spring with the housing.