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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Ninomiya, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A multi-directional input device has: a housing; a tiltable manipulation member that swings around an axis; a linked member, which has a pivotally supported section supported by the housing so as to be swingable around the axis and also has a connecting portion in contact with the manipulation member, the linked member swinging in response to a tilting motion applied to the manipulation member; and a swing detection section that detects the swing of the linked member. The linked member has a flexible portion, located between a connecting portion and the pivotally supported section, that serves as a flexural fulcrum for the flexure of a first portion including the connecting portion with respect to a second portion including the pivotally supported section. The flexure of the first portion due to an external force applied to the connecting portion from the manipulation member is detected by a flexure detection unit.