Controller unit for video game

Details Controller unit for video game Controller unit for video game

1982-01-07

1984-09-04

Pinkham, Richard C.

Amusement devices: games

Games accessories

All video game accessories

273 85G, 340365R, 74471XY, 200 6A, 338128, G06F 302

Patent

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044693303

ABSTRACT:
A combination keyboard/joystick controller is provided in which a joystick shaft is pivotally mounted on one end. The shaft passes through elongated apertures in two parallel plates. Each plate is capable of moving along an axis in response to joystick movement along that axis, and each plate is coupled to a potentiometer which therefore provides an analog output indicative of joystick movement along the two axes.
Also provided is a keyboard mounted on a flex circuit. An array of keys including a conductive material cooperate to cause electrical contact between traces on the flex circuit.

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