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Game controller with removable magnetic button

  • US 10,137,364 B2
  • Filed: 06/09/2015
  • Issued: 11/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A game controller comprising:

  • an electronic input sensor; and

    a moveable mounting platform including a magnet, the moveable mounting platform configured to removably affix a selected button accessory to the game controller through a magnetic attraction between the magnet and the selected button accessory, the selected button accessory being one of a plurality of differently configured button accessories removably affixable to the game controller through magnetic attraction to the magnet, the moveable mounting platform sandwiched between the selected button accessory and the electronic input sensor when the selected button accessory is removably affixed to the moveable mounting platform, wherein the movable mounting platform including the magnet moves together with the selected button accessory relative to the electronic input sensor when the selected button accessory is pressed, and wherein the electronic input sensor generates an activation signal responsive to the movement of the moveable mounting platform.

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