Input device and portable terminal having the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorJoon-Hee Yoo
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Abstract
An input device comprises: a circuit board having a magnetism sensing portion for sensing changes of magnetism; a magnet disposed above the circuit board by a prescribed height, and configured to move in a plurality of directions; and a shuttle having a magnet mounting portion for fixing the magnet at the center thereof, and having a plurality of elastic connecting portions radially disposed around the magnet mounting portion, the elastic connecting portions formed in curved lines from the center of the magnet so as to elastically support the magnet mounting portion.
Claims28
An input device, comprising:
- a circuit board having a magnetism sensing portion for sensing changes of magnetism;
- a magnet disposed above the circuit board by a prescribed height, and configured to move in a plurality of directions;
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- a shuttle having a magnet mounting portion for fixing the magnet at the center thereof, and having a plurality of elastic connecting portions radially disposed around the magnet mounting portion, the elastic connecting portions formed in curved lines from the center of the magnet so as to elastically support the magnet mounting portion.
The input device of clam 1, wherein end parts of the elastic connecting portions are supported by being fixed to a housing having a through hole at the center thereof.
A portable terminal, comprising:
- a terminal body;
- and
- an input device installed at the terminal body,
- wherein the input device comprises:
- a circuit board having a magnetism sensing portion, and configured to sense changes of magnetism;
- a magnet disposed above the circuit board by a prescribed height, and configured to move in a plurality of directions;
- and
- a shuttle having a magnet mounting portion for fixing the magnet at the center thereof, and having a plurality of elastic connecting portions radially disposed around the magnet mounting portion, the elastic connecting portions formed in curved lines from the center of the magnet so as to elastically support the magnet mounting portion.
The input device of clam 15, wherein end parts of the elastic connecting portions are supported by being fixed to a housing having a through hole at the center thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.