ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,875, issued on June 30.

"Game controller input device allowing comfortable user actuation" was invented by Korkut Tekerlek (Winkel, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an input device, in particular for an electronic unit, preferably for a game controller, comprising an actuation element for the actuation of the input device by a user, having an actuation section accessible from outside the input device, wherein the actuation element can be brought into multiple actuation positions, which define an actuation range, by the user. Here, the actuation element can be displaced into the actuation positions b...