发明名称 GAME CONTROLLER WITH THUMBSTICK INTERFACE RING
摘要 A user input device is described that includes a ring that is connected to a housing of the user input device and that surrounds an aperture included in the housing from which a user-manipulable portion of a thumbstick extends. The ring serves to prohibit contact between a portion of the thumbstick and an edge of the housing that surrounds the aperture. The ring may be formed from a material that has a relatively low coefficient of friction with a material from which the portion of the thumbstick is formed. In certain embodiments, the ring may be removably connected to the housing of the game controller such that a user can easily disconnect and reconnect the ring to the housing without damaging either the ring or the housing.
申请公布号 US2016346680(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.12.01
申请号 US201514722461 申请日期 2015.05.27
申请人 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 发明人 Tsai Jason V.;Schmitz Aaron;Finney Benjamin M.;Gassoway Gabriel M. R.
分类号 A63F13/24;B29C65/48;B29C65/08;B29C70/76 主分类号 A63F13/24
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A user input device, comprising: a housing that defines an internal cavity of the user input device and includes an aperture; a thumbstick module that is disposed within the internal cavity; a thumbstick cap that is mounted upon a moveable post of the thumbstick module and that extends from the internal cavity and outside the housing through the aperture, the thumbstick cap being manipulable by a user; and a ring that is connected to the housing around the aperture and that impedes contact between a portion of the thumbstick cap and an edge of the housing that surrounds the aperture, the portion of the thumbstick cap being formed from a first material and the ring being formed from a second material that has a coefficient of friction with the first material that is less than a coefficient of friction between the first material and a material from which the housing is formed.
地址 Redmond WA US