Electronic controller with finger sensing and an adjustable hand retainer

US10898797B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Valve Corporation · US

Inventors

• Walter Petersen · Seattle, US
• Philip Bryan · Bellevue, US
• Carl Samuel Conlee, IV · Seattle, US
• Jeffrey Walter Mucha · Sammamish, US
• Scott Douglas Nietfeld · Bellevue, US
• Eric J. VanWyk · Austin, US
• Michael Baseflug · Duvall, US
• Jeffrey George Leinbaugh · Kirkland, US
• Lawrence Yang · Bellevue, US
• Jeremy Slocum · Sammamish, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2019
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2021
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/8082
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An electronic controller includes a controller body having a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. An adjustment mechanism couples the resilient member to the head and permits the resilient member to be adjusted betweena plurality of discrete positions to adjust the resilient member towards or away from the user's purlicue. The adjustment mechanism may include an anchor that is movable peripherally about the head between the plurality of discrete positions and is pivotably attached to the resilient member with a two-part fastener, with a friction member interposed between the resilient member and the anchor.