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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2012
Takanori Terao, Tsurugashima, JP;
Satoru Nakagawa, Tsurugashima, JP;
Hideaki Ito, Tsurugashima, JP;
Toyo Denso Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a joystick device where a tilting operation direction of an operation shaft is detected based on positional change of a magnet relative to a magnetic sensor, the magnet being moved with tilting of the operation shaft, a slider is arranged between a base facing a board fixed to a case and a magnet holder to which the operation shaft is swingably coupled; the magnet holder is joined to the slider such that the slider guides relative movement of the holder in a first linear direction orthogonal to the axis of the operation shaft but prevents relative movement of the holder in a second linear direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a guide mechanism configured to guide movement of the slider in the second direction is provided between the slider and the base. This prevents variation in the detection accuracy regardless of tilting of the shaft.