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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Yoshihiro Kazama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Kazama, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a multidirectional input apparatus. The multidirectional input apparatus includes a pressing operation member including a surface, a first pressing portion and a second pressing portion provided on a first axis on the surface, and a third pressing portion and a fourth pressing portion provided on a second axis which passes between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion and is perpendicular to the first axis on the surface, a first tilting member connected to the pressing operation member on a pressing direction side and capable of tilting from a first neutral position by a pressing force to the third pressing portion and the fourth pressing portion with two points on a third axis in parallel to the first axis being a first supporting point and a second supporting point, respectively, and a second tilting member connected to the first tilting member on the pressing direction side and capable of tilting from a second neutral position by a pressing force to the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion with two points on a fourth axis in parallel to the second axis being a third supporting point and a fourth supporting point, respectively.
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