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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Hosono, Fukushima, JP;
Yasuji Hagiwara, Miyagi, JP;
Tetsuo Muranaka, Miyagi, JP;
Sadayuki Yaginuma, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-way input device includes a strain-generating element, strain detection elements, and a tilt operation unit including an operation shaft configured to tilt. The strain-generating element includes a base portion, detection arms extending in respective directions from the base portion, support legs, and locking arms each of which is provided to extend from the base portion, each of the locking arms having an upper surface and being situated between adjacent detection arms among the detection arms. The upper surface of each of the locking arms contacts a lower surface of the tilt operation unit, and each of the detection arms does not contact the lower surface of the tilt operation unit.