Abstract: A composite joystick switch has easy and positive operability. The joystick has a shaft and is provided with a plurality of switches operable by a user's fingers. A housing with a through-hole receives the joystick shaft and a plurality of second switches are provided around the through-hole outside or inside the housing. A guide plate is provided on the upper surface of the housing. A shell bearing supported in the housing receives a core bearing supported in the shell. Both are pivotally mounted in perpendicular directions. The joystick shaft extends through the guide slot in the shell bearing and is secured to the core bearing. A switch control is provided at a portion of the joystick shaft extending beyond the fulcrum of the joystick to turn on and off second switches. A seat is provided opposite to the switch control. A spring is provided around the joystick shaft between the seat and switch control to automatically return to its neutral position the joystick once tilted.

Abstract: A joystick controller sufficiently strong and durable not to easily be broken even when handled somehow roughly, reasonably compact and which can be manufactured with less costs, is provided by composing it of a housing provided thereon with a plurality of potentiometers, a hollow shell bearing born inside the housing rotatably in one direction and which has a first pair of auxiliary arms attached on either side thereof and extending outwardly; an intermediate bearing born inside the shell bearing rotatably in a direction orthogonal to the shell bearing; a joystick attached rockably on the intermediate bearing and extending upwardly of the housing through a first pair of guide slots formed in the shell bearing; a core bearing pivoted inside the intermediate bearing rotatably in a same direction as the intermediate bearing; and a second pair of auxiliary arms attached on the core bearing, extending in a direction orthogonal to the first pair of auxiliary arms through an aperture formed in the intermediate bear