Patents Assigned to Cal-Tron Corporation
  • Mode conditioned joystick control for video games
    Patent number: 4479038
    Abstract: A joystick for restricted movement about X and Y axes to actuate opposed switches disposed in pairs of said axes and operable in an eight-way mode to actuate adjacent corner switches as well as single axially aligned switches, and operable in a four-way mode to actuate only single axially aligned switches, with a selectively positionable gate controlling the mode of operation, all of which is embodied in a spring biased assembly characterized by a tilting flange captured in a complementary mounting plate socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1984
    Assignee: Cal-Tron Corporation
    Inventors: Werner Marhold, Danny J. Pool