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Pointing device

  • US 20020033798A1
  • Filed: 09/20/2001
  • Published: 03/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pointing device, comprising:

  • a base part;

    an operating part shiftably supported on said base part;

    a magnet carried on one of said base part and said operating part;

    a magneto-electro transducer carried on the other of said base part and said operating part at a location close to said magnet; and

    a switch mechanism arranged between said base part and said operating part;

    wherein said operating part includes a first member carrying said magnet or said magneto-electro transducer and a second member connected to said first member in a mutually shiftable manner, said first member capable of shifting relative to said base part so as to cause a relative displacement between said magnet and said magneto-electro transducer, said second member capable of shifting relative to said first member so as to actuate said switch mechanism.

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