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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Hosiden Corporation, Yao-shi, Osaka, JP;
Mitsuhiro Asano, Yao, JP;
HOSIDEN CORPORATION, Yao-Shi, JP;
Abstract
In a multi-directional input device, an upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is provided at a lower end of an operation shaft projecting downward of a lower arm, a receiving portion for the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is provided in a case, the receiving portion has a receiving surface configured with a spherical surface having a radius of curvature identical to a radius of curvature of a spherical zone of the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion, the receiving surface against which the spherical zone of the upward convex spherical trapezoidal portion is pressed downward by a compression coil spring, and the operation shaft is supported to be rotatable around the center of curvature of the receiving surface.