US 12,259,560 B2
Handheld controllers with charging and storage systems
Paul X Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Ian P Colahan, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher T Eubank, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Christopher K Ewy, San Francisco, CA (US); Patrick T Ryan, San Francisco, CA (US); Emery A Sanford, Hillsborough, CA (US); and Robert D Silfvast, Belmont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/355,791.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/400,356, filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069352 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); G02B 2027/0169 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A power source for charging a handheld controller for a head-mounted device, wherein the handheld controller has an elongated shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, the power source comprising:
a housing;
a recess in the housing configured to receive the elongated shaft, wherein the recess is defined by first and second opposing walls that extend along first and second opposing sides of the handheld controller, wherein the elongated shaft is inserted into the recess along a direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;
magnets in the housing configured to hold and align the elongated shaft within the recess; and
a battery in the housing configured to supply power to the handheld controller while the elongated shaft is received within the recess.