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Granted Patent B2
US 9,504,911 · App. 14/327,118 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Game controller

Inventor: James Hackney (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee: Cinch Gaming Equipment LLC
A63F13/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,504,911
App. No.
14/327,118
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game controller is provided. In one embodiment, the game controller includes a main body, a trigger device, and a first adjustment mechanism. The trigger device has a trigger body that extends from the main body and that pivots along a pivotal axis. The first adjustment mechanism has a first surface that contacts a second surface of the trigger body at a first point of contact when the trigger body is depressed, wherein the first adjustment mechanism is adjustable along a first axis such that the first point of contact is adjusted along the first axis.

Claims (27)

1. A game controller, comprising:

a main body;

a trigger device having a trigger body that extends from the main body and that pivots along a pivotal axis; and

a first adjustment mechanism extending through the main body and having a first surface that contacts a second surface of the trigger body at a first point of contact below the trigger device when the trigger body is depressed, wherein the first adjustment mechanism is adjustable along a first axis such that the first point of contact is adjusted along the first axis.

2. The game controller of claim 1 , wherein the contact stops the trigger body from further depression.

3. The game controller of claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment mechanism extends through an opening in the main body.

4. The game controller of claim 3 , wherein the first adjustment mechanism comprises a screw.

5. The game controller of claim 4 , wherein the main body includes threads cut into the opening for receiving the screw.

6. The game controller of claim 4 , wherein the main body includes a thread insert in the opening for receiving the screw.

7. The game controller of claim 1 , further comprising a second adjustment mechanism having a third surface that contacts a fourth surface of the main body at a second point of contact when the trigger body is depressed.

8. The game controller of claim 7 , wherein the contact stops the trigger body from further depression.

9. The game controller of claim 7 , wherein the second adjustment mechanism extends through an opening in the trigger body.

10. The game controller of claim 8 , wherein the second adjustment mechanism comprises a screw.

11. The game controller of claim 9 , wherein the trigger body includes threads cut into the opening for receiving the screw.

12. The game controller of claim 9 , wherein the trigger body includes a thread insert in the opening for receiving the screw.

13. A game controller, comprising:

a main body;

a trigger device having a trigger body that extends from the main body and that pivots along a pivotal axis; and

a first adjustment mechanism extending through the main body and that is adjustable to a first position between a range of positions and that contacts the trigger body below the trigger device to stop the trigger body when the trigger body is depressed an amount that corresponds to the first position.

14. The game controller of claim 13 , wherein the first adjustment mechanism extends through an opening in the main body.

15. The game controller of claim 13 , wherein the first adjustment mechanism comprises a screw, and wherein the main body includes threads cut into the opening for receiving the screw.

16. The game controller of claim 13 , wherein the first adjustment mechanism comprises a screw, and wherein the main body includes a thread insert in the opening for receiving the screw.

17. The game controller of claim 13 , further comprising:

a mechanism that is non-adjustable and that contacts the main body to stop the trigger body when the trigger body is depressed a second amount that corresponds to a second position.

18. The game controller of claim 17 , wherein the mechanism extends through an opening in the trigger body.

19. The game controller of claim 17 , wherein the mechanism comprises a screw, and wherein the trigger body includes threads cut into the opening for receiving the screw.

20. The game controller of claim 17 , wherein the mechanism comprises a screw, and wherein the trigger body includes a thread insert in the opening for receiving the screw.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: CINCH GAMING EQUIPMENT LLC
To: CINCH HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 055553/0832 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2014
From: HACKNEY, JAMES
To: CINCH GAMING EQUIPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 033283/0110 →
Continuity (1)
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