US 12,246,247 B2
Computer simulation controller with analog stick device
Glenn Black, San Mateo, CA (US); and Arthur Kwun, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,876.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147559 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/23 (2014.09); A63F 13/98 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1025 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1043 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
plural control buttons arranged on a base and manipulable to generate computer game control signals for a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device, at least some of the computer game control signals for controlling play of a computer game; and
an analog stick unit (ASU) reciprocatingly engaged with the base and comprising a control portion rotatable relative to the base, the ASU being movable linearly sideways relative to the base between an extended position, in which the control portion is laterally spaced from the base, and a near position, in which the control portion is juxtaposed with the base wherein the analog stick unit comprises a slide with opposed parallel sides slidably engaged with a receptacle in the base.