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Granted Patent B2
US 12,544,657 · App. 17/911,468 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Input device

Inventors: Masaho Morita (Tokyo, JP); Ryu Sannomiya (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/24G06F3/0338A63F2300/1043
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Patent No.
US 12,544,657
App. No.
17/911,468
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Noise is prevented from occurring in voice data acquired by a microphone due to an operation of an input stick. An input device ( 10 ) includes an upper cabinet section ( 41 ) having an opening formed therein, an input stick ( 31 ) movable inside the opening, and a buffer member ( 46 ) that is provided on an inner edge of the opening of the upper cabinet section ( 41 ) and is made of a material different from a material of the inner edge of the opening and from a material of an outer peripheral surface of the input stick ( 31 ).

Claims (13)

1 . An input device comprising:

a first exterior member having a first opening formed therein;

a second exterior member having a second opening formed therein, wherein the second exterior member covers the first exterior member;

an input stick movable inside the first opening and the second opening; and

a buffer member that is removably attached to an inner edge of the first opening, is separate from the second exterior member, and is made of a material different from a material of the inner edge of the first opening and from a material of an outer peripheral surface of the input stick.

2 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the buffer member is a material lower in rigidity than the material of the inner edge of the first opening of the first exterior member and the material of the outer peripheral surface of the input stick.

3 . The input device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the buffer member is provided on an inner side of an inner edge of the second opening and has a contact surface in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the input stick, and

the contact surface is formed continuous over an entire circumference of the inner edges of the first and second openings.

4 . The input device according to claim 1 ,

wherein movement of the buffer member in a circumferential direction of the opening is restricted.

5 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the buffer member and the inner edge of the first opening has a plurality of engagement portions that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the first opening and are fitted into the other of the buffer member and the inner edge of the first opening.

6 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer member is made of a material lower in rigidity than the material of the outer peripheral surface of the input stick.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2022
From: MORITA, MASAHO; SANNOMIYA, RYU
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 061089/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-065099 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230096335A1 · Mar 30, 2023
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