US 12,427,404 B2
Game controller with modular external shell
Matthew Samperi, Lansdale, PA (US)
Assigned to PANDA HARDWARE LLC, Spring House, PA (US)
Filed by Panda Hardware LLC, Spring House, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,180.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/242,098, filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071216 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/98 (2014.09)] 22 Claims
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1. A game controller comprising:
at least one control configured for user-interaction;
an outer shell configured to be gripped;
magnets inside the game controller, wherein the magnets hold the outer shell together; and,
an internal core structure, wherein the outer shell comprises a top shell and a bottom shell, wherein the internal core structure comprises an inner shell, said inner shell comprising a top inner shell and a bottom inner shell, said top inner shell comprising an edge, wherein the edge of the top inner shell provides a stabilizing lip, said bottom inner shell comprising an edge, wherein the edge of the bottom inner shell provides a stabilizing lip, wherein the stabilizing lip on the top inner shell is spaced away from the stabilizing lip on the bottom inner shell, wherein the top inner shell contacts the bottom inner shell to provide structural support, and wherein the top shell and the bottom shell are spaced away from each other.