GAME CONTROLLER BUTTON BIAS ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM

• US 20160256772A1
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aran N. Kissoon
• Original Assignee: Aran N. Kissoon
• Inventors: Kissoon, Aran N.
• Granted Patent: US 10,086,274 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2231/008 Video game
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 23/141 provided with extensions, e.g. for actuation by a child
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 3/12 Push-buttons

Abstract

A game controller button biasing mechanism includes a battery cover having a trigger support, a trigger body coupled to the trigger support to pivot about a pivot point, the trigger body having a back shaped to engage with a game controller button, and wherein the trigger support comprises an adjustable protrusion disposed in an opening to control biasing of the game controller button by the back of the trigger body via a biasing bar coupled to the trigger body.

Claims

1. A game controller dual button action mechanism comprising:

a first trigger body to actuate a first controller button of a controller;

a second trigger body to actuate a second controller button of the controller spaced from the first controller button;

a first bar coupled to the first trigger body and extending toward the second trigger body; and

a second bar coupled to the second trigger body and extending toward the first trigger body, wherein the first bar overlaps at least a portion of the second bar.

2. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 1 wherein the first and second trigger bodies each comprise:

a top portion of the trigger body having a back shaped to mate with the game controller button;

a bottom portion extending away from the top portion in the shape of a trigger forming a front surface of the trigger body; and

wherein the first and second bars are coupled to a distal ends of the respective bottom portions.

3. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 2 wherein the first and second trigger bodies each comprise an opening formed in the top portion of the trigger body positioned to hold an adjustable depth protrusion extending away from the back of the top portion to contact a surface of the game controller adjacent the game controller button, such that the game controller button is biased as a function of a distance the protrusion extends away from the top portion of the trigger body.

4. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 2 wherein the first and second trigger bodies each comprise a pivot point coupled to an adjacent extender support and are coupled to a biasing bar to bias the game controller button.

5. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 1 wherein the first bar overlaps at least a portion of the second bar at distal ends of each bar such that depressing the first bar by pressing the first trigger body past a preselected point, depresses the second trigger body, actuating the second controller button.

6. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 5 and further comprising a shim coupled between the distal ends of each bar to adjust the preselected point.

7. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 1 wherein the respective trigger bodies and bars are single molded plastic pieces.

8. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 1 wherein the first bar is longer than the second bar.

9. The game controller dual button action mechanism of claim 1 wherein the extender bars allow independent actuation of both buttons by the relative trigger bodies over selected amounts of depression of the extenders.

10. A method comprising:

supporting a first bar via a first trigger body to actuate a first controller button of a controller, the first bar extending toward a second trigger body to actuate a second controller button of the controller; and

supporting a second bar via the second trigger body, the second bar extending toward the first trigger body, wherein the first bar overlaps at least a portion of the second bar.

11. The method of claim 10 and further comprising:

attaching a top portion of the first trigger body to the first controller button wherein the first trigger body has a back shaped to mate with the first controller button;

attaching a top portion of the second trigger body to the second controller button wherein the second trigger body has a back shaped to mate with the second controller button, and wherein each of the first and second trigger bodies have a bottom portion extending away from the top portion in the shape of a trigger forming a front surface of the trigger body; and

wherein the first and second bars are coupled to a distal ends of the respective bottom portions.

12. The method of claim 11 and further comprising forming an opening in the first and second trigger bodies in the top portion of the trigger body, wherein the opening is positioned to hold an adjustable depth protrusion extending away from the back of the top portion to contact a surface of the game controller adjacent the game controller button, such that the game controller button is biased as a function of a distance the protrusion extends away from the top portion of the trigger body.