IP Library Granted Patent US 9,292,105
Granted Patent B2
US 9,292,105 · App. 14/072,877 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Pointing stick

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Patent No.
US 9,292,105
App. No.
14/072,877
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pointing stick includes: an operation member, which is provided to operate a movement of a cursor displayed on a screen of an information processing device: and an attachment member, which supports the operation member to be stood, wherein an attachment leg is protruded from the operation member and is inserted through an insertion hole formed in the attachment member when assembling the pointing stick, and wherein the attachment leg is fixed to not protrude from a back face of the attachment member, which is opposite to an front face on which the operation member stands, after assembling the pointing stick.

Claims (36)

1. A pointing stick comprising:

an operation member, which is provided to operate a movement of a cursor displayed on a screen of an information processing device: and

an attachment member, which supports the operation member in a standing position thereof,

wherein an attachment leg is protruded from the operation member and is inserted through an insertion hole formed in the attachment member when assembling the pointing stick,

wherein the attachment leg is fixed to not protrude from a back face of the attachment member, which is opposite to a front face on which the operation member stands, after assembling the pointing stick,

wherein the attachment leg is made of resin material, and

wherein one end side of the insertion hole is formed with a chamfered portion, whose diameter is gradually enlarged toward the back face of the attachment member, to confine the melted resin when a leading end of the attachment leg is fixedly welded to the attachment member to assemble the pointing stick.

2. The pointing stick according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concave portion is formed at an end face on which the leading end of the attachment leg is melted.

3. A pointing stick comprising:

an attachment member which has a leg insertion hole; and

an operation member which is provided on a front face of the attachment member,

wherein the operation member has an attachment leg attached to the attachment member,

wherein the attachment leg is inserted through the leg insertion hole and is fixed to not protrude from a back face of the attachment member,

wherein an inner diameter of the leg insertion hole on the back face of the attachment member is larger than that of the leg insertion hole on the front face of the attachment member, and

wherein the leg insertion hole is composed of a through hole opened vertically to the front face of the attachment member and an opening whose diameter is enlarged from the through hole.

4. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein the diameter of the opening is gradually enlarged from the through hole.

5. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein the opening has a conical shape.

6. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein a depth of the through hole is about one-third in a plate thickness of the attachment member.

7. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein an angle between an inner face of the opening and the back face of the attachment member is about 30 degrees.

8. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein the attachment member is made of metallic material.

9. The pointing stick according to claim 3 ,

wherein the attachment leg is made of resin material.

10. The pointing stick according to claim 9 ,

wherein a leading end of the attachment leg is the melted resin material.

11. The pointing stick according to claim 10 , wherein a concave portion is formed at an end face of the leading end of the attachment leg.

12. The pointing stick according to claim 9 ,

wherein the operation member includes a base part, a stick part and the attachment leg, and

wherein the base part, the stick part and the attachment leg are formed as one piece.

13. The pointing stick according to claim 12 ,

wherein a strain gauge is attached to the base part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: MINEBEA CO., LTD.
To: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
Reel/Frame 051803/0293 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2014
From: TAKAHASHI, MASAHIRO; SATO, SATOSHI; MORI, MASAO
To: MINEBEA CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 031951/0869 →