US Patent Issued to NINTENDO on Aug. 18 for "Controller" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,831, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Controller" was invented by Takanori Okamura (Kyoto, Japan), Gagaku Jinguji (Kyoto, Japan), Masaya Takei (Kyoto, Japan) and Shinta Minagawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of a controller according to an exemplary embodiment includes a housing including an opening, an input device including a movable member penetrating through the opening in a first direction to inside of the housing, and a contact area that is provided inside the housing. The movable member is configured to be able to be pressed and tilted relative to an axis in the fi...