ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,184, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Gamepad" was invented by Yuanqiang Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gamepad including a housing and an interface support. The housing is provided with an accommodation space, the housing is provided with an opening, and the opening communicates with the accommodation space. The interface support is accommodated in the accommodation space and is movably connected to the housing, the interface support is provided with an interface for plugging into an electronic device, and the interface protrudes out of the housing thro...