Joystick

• US 6,774,887 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2001
• Issued: 08/10/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
• Original Assignee: Shin Jiuh Corp.
• Inventors: Lu, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisen, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US09/934,710
• Publication Number:
  US 20030038780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 345/160, 345/161, 463/38, 200/5.A, 200/5.R, 200/5.D, 200/6.A, 744/71.XY
• US Class Current: 345/161
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 9/047 the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks for switches H01H25/04
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/141 One or more single auxiliary printed circuits mounted on a main printed circuit, e.g. modules, adapters H05K1/142 and H05K1/147 take precedence

Abstract

A joystick 3 includes a circuit board 1, a thin film circuit 2 arranged on the circuit board 1, a joystick 3 on the thin film circuit 2, and a spacer 4 arranged between the thin film circuit 2 and the circuit board 1. By the joystick 3, the thin film circuit 2 is in contact with the circuit board 1 so that resistor are connected in parallel so as to reduce the resistance to control the direction and speed of the cursor precisely. As the rod 37 is pushed by an outer force, the pit 36 on the movable body 34 presses one of the joint points 12 and 22. Then, the joint points 12 and 22 will transfer a signal of the resistor, and thus, the movement of the control cursor can be controlled.

Claims

1. A joystick comprising:

a circuit board installed with a wire, the wire having a plurality of first joint points arranged circularly, each of the first joint points being connected to a welding point, one end of each of the welding points being connected together to form a parallel circuit, the circuit board having a plurality of first positioning holes for accommodating the joystick;

a thin film circuit having a wire for transferring signals, the wire of the thin film circuit having a plurality of second joint points which are arranged circularly and each of the second joint points being connected to a joint on the thin film circuit; and

a joystick having a bottom with a protruded solid portion, the solid portion being connected to a movable body, the outer edge thereof being formed with pins aligned with the first and second joint points, the movable body enclosing a rod linked to the movable body, the rod being pushed by an outer force, the pin on the movable body pressing one of the second joint points to bring it into contact with a corresponding one of the first joint points whereafter the joint points will transfer a signal to control movement of a control cursor.

2. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board has a joint connected to the joint on the thin film circuit.

3. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thin film circuit has at least one positioning hole which is located in a position to correspond to one of the first positioning holes of the circuit board.

4. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein the joystick is made of rubber.

5. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom of the joystick has a protrusion passing through first and second positioning holes.

6. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rod is made of plastic.

7. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the bottom of the joystick has a press which presses the joint of the thin film circuit so that the joint is steadily connected to a joint of the circuit board.

8. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, wherein a lower end of the movable body has a protrusion.

9. The joystick as claimed in claim 8, wherein the circuit board, the thin film circuit and a spacer have a first, a second and a third joint holes respectively for positioning the protrusion of the movable body.

10. The joystick as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a spacer provided between the thin firm circuit and the circuit board.

11. The joystick as claimed in claim 10, wherein the spacer has an aperture which is aligned with centers of the circular arrangements of the first and second joint points.