US 12,257,497 B2
Gamepad and joystick feedback force apparatus thereof
Zhenzhen Liu, Shandong (CN); Yanlong Liu, Shandong (CN); Xing Zhang, Shandong (CN); Dong Liang, Shandong (CN); and Lin Geng, Shandong (CN)
Assigned to GOERTEK INC., Shandong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/905,050
Filed by GOERTEK INC., Shandong (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/125620
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/169374, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010131170.9 (CN), filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103669 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/285 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/285 (2014.09) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joystick feedback force apparatus of a gamepad, comprising a joystick (1) that is configured to accept a user's operation and is rotatably installed in a casing (2) of the gamepad,
the joystick feedback force apparatus further comprises a torque output device and a deceleration device (4), an output shaft of the torque output device is connected with an input end of the deceleration device (4), an output end of the deceleration device (4) is connected with a rotating shaft (3) of the joystick (1) to apply a torque output by the torque output device to the rotating shaft (3) after deceleration to form a feedback force to the joystick (1),
wherein the deceleration device (4) comprises a worm gear (41) and a worm (42), a rotation center of the worm gear (41) is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft (3), and the worm (42) is fixedly connected with the output shaft of the torque output device.