Input apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8344834
APP PUB NO 20110175692A1
SERIAL NO

12972922

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The invention provides an input apparatus An input apparatus according to the present invention includes: an operating member, operable to move in at least X and −X directions from a neutral position; first and second magnets, being arranged with spacing along an X and −X direction and having opposite magnetic polarities to each other, wherein when the operating member moves in either one of the two directions, the first and second magnets moves in the same direction as the operating member; and a first magnetic sensor, provided at a position displaced from a middle point between the two magnets when the operating member is located in the neutral position, the position being equidistant from the two magnets. When the operating member moves in one of the two directions, the first magnetic sensor outputs a signal in accordance with the magnetic polarity of one of the first and second magnets.

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  • HOSIDEN CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Niiyama, Takashi Yao, JP 10 217

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