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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2003
Toshinori Takatsuka, Fuji, JP;
Kazutoshi Ishibashi, Fuji, JP;
Masataka Yamashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pointing device is provided which facilitates the assembly, achieves downsizing and has a long life. Magnetic sensorsare placed symmetrically two by two along an X axis and Y axis on a printed circuit board. A switchis placed on a silicone resinside surface of the printed circuit boardto provide a switch function achieved by depressing a magnet covertoward the magnet. The pointing device, a device for outputting coordinate values of an input point, can not only output the coordinate values, but also make a decision by the switch function. A silicone resinis easy to deform caused by an external force, and returns its initial state without the applied external force as soon as the external force is removed.