US 11,786,809 B2
Electronic controller with finger sensing and an adjustable hand retainer
Eric James Hope, Bellevue, WA (US); Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Bellevue, WA (US); Carl Conlee, Seattle, WA (US); Scott Richard Britt, Kirkland, WA (US); Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Sammamish, WA (US); Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Kirkland, WA (US); and Jeremy Slocum, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,362.
Application 17/148,362 is a continuation of application No. 16/377,058, filed on Apr. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,898,796.
Application 16/377,058 is a continuation of application No. 15/834,372, filed on Dec. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,307,669, issued on Jun. 4, 2019.
Application 15/834,372 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/679,521, filed on Aug. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,391,400, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/679,521 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/580,635, filed on Oct. 11, 2016, granted, now D806173, issued on Dec. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,958, filed on Jun. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0129016 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/218 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/218 (2014.09); A63F 13/428 (2014.09); G06F 3/014 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller for an electronic system, for operation by a user having a hand with a palm, the controller comprising:
a controller body having a head and a handle, the head adjoining the handle at a neck region, the head including at least one thumb-operated control; and
a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the palm against an outer surface of the handle, the hand retainer including a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position, wherein an end of the resilient member adjacent to the head is adjustably attached to the head by an adjustment mechanism that permits the end of the resilient member to be moved about the head.