Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – All video game accessories
Patent
1995-03-28
1998-11-03
Chiu, Raleigh W.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
All video game accessories
463 46, 463 47, 434 62, A63F 922
Patent
active
058297456
ABSTRACT:
A video game control unit includes separable console and base sections, with the console section housing a steering wheel video game input device that automatically returns to a central, neutral position. The base section of the video game control unit includes a baseplate, a pedestal and a tray, with the pedestal affixed on the baseplate and the tray resting on and affixed to the pedestal. The tray is flat and bounded by four walls which hold the removable console section in place on the tray. The steering wheel video game input device automatically returns to its central position by means of a restorative force applied by ball bearings received in the ends of coil springs and urged against a V-shaped centering cam which is locked onto a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel. Provisions are included for providing left-turn and right-turn signals to a computer interface circuit included in the console housing. Computer input button switches mounted on the console housing and on spokes of the steering wheel frame provide discrete signals to the computer interface circuit. Electrical signals between the computer interface circuit and a digital computer are carried on a game port cable which exits the rear of the console housing.
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Chiu Raleigh W.
Home Arcade Systems, Inc.
Schreiber Donald E.
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