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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Yuji Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Kotake, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ohshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatoshi Kotake, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a joystick device, including: a control shaft having one end to which a control knob is attached and the other end to which a turning portion of a turning device is connected; a holder supporting the control shaft shiftably in an axial direction of the control shaft; a case body supporting the holder turnably around a turning shaft portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the control shaft; an elastic member biasing the control shaft in the axial direction; and an axial force adjusting portion capable of adjusting a pressing force by varying a biasing force of the elastic member, the pressing force being adapted to shift the control shaft in the axial direction.