US Patent Issued to Nintendo on June 16 for "Input device, game controller, and information processing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,095, issued on June 16, was assigned to Nintendo Co. Ltd..

"Input device, game controller, and information processing apparatus" was invented by Kazuhiko Koriyama (Kyoto, Japan) and Takanori Okamura (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller as an example of an exemplary embodiment includes a housing including an opening, and an operation member, a part of which is exposed through the opening. The operation member includes a key top exposed through the opening and operated by a user, a shaft portion extending downward from the key top, and a protruding portion protruding from the shaft portion. Further, in the housing,...