IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,511,185
Granted Patent B2
US 11,511,185 · App. 16/756,749 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Operation device

Inventors: Yusuke Nakagawa (Kangawa, JP); Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/23A44B11/065A63F13/24A63F13/285F16M13/00F16M13/005F16M13/04G05G5/03G05G9/047A63F2300/1037A63F2300/8082
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Patent No.
US 11,511,185
App. No.
16/756,749
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operation device includes a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range, and a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts the movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that can be switched between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a second range, the second range being different from the first range, of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member.

Claims (15)

1. An operation device comprising:

a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range; and

a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts a movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that is switched between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a second range, the second range being different from the first range, of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member,

wherein either one of the first range and the second range of the contact surface of the movable member further includes a lock section that is locked with the restriction member, thereby interlocking movement of the restriction member with movement of the movable member.

2. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein the first range and the second range of the contact surface of the movable member are formed from raw materials having different Young's moduli.

3. An operation device comprising:

a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range; and

a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts a movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that is movable between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a casing,

wherein the first range of the contact surface of the movable member further includes a lock section that is locked with the restriction member, thereby interlocking movement of the restriction member with movement of the movable member.

4. The operation device according to claim 3 , wherein the first range of the contact surface of the movable member and a portion, of the casing, with which at least the restriction member comes into contact are formed from raw materials having different Young's moduli.

5. An operation device comprising:

a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range;

a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts a movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that restricts the movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a first range of the contact surface;

a belt-like member that has a pair of ends and that is wound around a user's hand; and

a mechanism that draws at least one of the ends of the belt-like member into a casing of the operation device and locks the end at a predetermined position, and that performs an operation of drawing the belt-like member into the casing in accordance with movement of the restriction member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2020
From: NAKAGAWA, YUSUKE; YAMANO, IKUO
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 052420/0578 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200406128A1 · Dec 31, 2020
Cited By (1)
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