US 12,268,956 B2
Game controller for a mobile device with audio waveguide feature
Maneet Singh Khaira, Vancouver, WA (US); Atsushi Shirata, Neyagawa (JP); Gregory Robert Cerny, Palo Alto, CA (US); Wei-Jun Wang, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Jon Lake, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Backbone Labs, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed by Backbone Labs, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/504,260.
Application 17/504,260 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/808,339, filed on Mar. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,389,721.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032180 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/25 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/25 (2014.09) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game controller for a mobile device, the game controller comprising:
a first handle configured to contact and support a mobile device, the first handle comprising a user-accessible, first hardware interface on a main body portion of the first handle, wherein the first hardware interface is configured to accept touch inputs;
a bridge extending from the main body portion of the first handle; and
an acoustic waveguide at a juncture of the first handle and the bridge, the acoustic waveguide configured to redirect sound emitted from the mobile device in a direction toward a user of the game controller;
wherein the game controller lacks holes configured to allow sound from the mobile device to pass through the game controller.