US Patent Issued to Satisfye on Feb. 10 for "System and method for allowing the free rotational spin in a controlled manner of grip section of a thumbstick potentiometer" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,656, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Satisfye Inc. (Fresno, Calif.).

"System and method for allowing the free rotational spin in a controlled manner of grip section of a thumbstick potentiometer" was invented by Phillip Brand (Clovis, Calif.) and Nathan Guzman (Clovis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for alleviating problems encountered when using a conventional thumbstick by augmenting the thumbstick to enable swiveling (rotational movement) around the center or z axis of the thumbstick. In one embodiment, the swiveling motion is achieved by providing a swivel top mounted in a base that can itself be mou...