US Patent Issued to Nintendo on July 28 for "Game controller" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,375, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nintendo Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Game controller" was invented by Kazuhiko Koriyama (Kyoto, Japan), Shinji Hirose (Kyoto, Japan) and Kazuki Ebihara (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game controller is removably attachable to a main body apparatus including a recess and first and second magnets. The game controller includes a first input portion, a projection, a first button, and a second button. The first input portion is provided on a front surface. The projection projects from a first side surface and extends along a longitudinal direction of the first side surface. The project...