Abstract: An improved controller for a game console that is intended to be held by a user in both hands in the same manner as a conventional controller, which has controls on the front operable by the thumbs, and has two additional controls located on the back in positions to be operated by the middle fingers of a user.
Abstract: According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 21, 2023
Assignee:
Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.
Inventors:
Kah Yong Lee, Chee Oei Chan, Ann Tiong Ong, Yifeng Chen, Stuart Wells
Abstract: A game grip includes a cover body, a grip shell, a pressure sensor, a buffer material element, a sliding mechanism and an elastic mechanism. An outer surface of the cover body is recessed inward to form an accommodating surface. The grip shell is covered to the accommodating surface. The pressure sensor is disposed to the accommodating surface. The buffer material element is disposed to the grip shell. The buffer material element is disposed corresponding to the pressure sensor. The sliding mechanism is disposed between the cover body and the grip shell. The elastic mechanism abuts between the accommodating surface of the cover body and the grip shell.
Inventors:
Elliott Hsu, Tsitsi Kolawole, Joshua P. Weiher, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Aaron Schmitz, Dan Thorstenson, Dustin Tiffany, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway