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Multi-way input device

  • US 5,491,497 A
  • Filed: 10/11/1994
  • Issued: 02/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multi-way input device comprising:

  • an upper housing having a first recess formed in a bottom surface thereof;

    a lower housing having a second recess formed in a top surface thereof and opposed to the first recess;

    an actuator supported rotatably within said first and second recesses and provided with a vertically extending rotatable shaft;

    an operating member engaged with said rotatable shaft and adapted to rotate in three-dimensional directions of X, Y and Z axes together with rotation of said actuator;

    a first switch for detecting the rotation in the X-axis direction of said operating member;

    a second switch for detecting the rotation in the Y-axis direction of said operating member; and

    a third switch for detecting the rotation in the Y-axis direction of said operating member.

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