Button structure for game controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8961311-B2
Application number	US-201313922514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2013
Priority date	Jun 20, 2013
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

A button structure includes a base frame longitudinally defining an arc-shaped guide slot, a sliding part transversely defining a guide channel and longitudinally slidably mounted on the base frame, a rotating part defining a guide pillar and rotatably mounted under the base frame with the guide pillar being inserted in the guide slot and the guide channel, and a button body having a lower portion pivoted to the base frame. A drive part is rotatably pivoted between an upper portion of the button body and the sliding part, and can drive the sliding part to longitudinally slide on the base frame by the push of the button body and an elastic part clamped between the drive part and the base frame, so as to drive the guide pillar to slide rearward and forward along the guide slot and the guide channel and further drive the rotating part to rotate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A button structure used in a game controller in which a circuit board is disposed, comprising:
a button body assembled in a front face of the game controller;
a base frame fixed in the game controller and located parallelly over the circuit board, the button body having a lower portion thereof pivoted to a front end of the base frame, a rear of the base frame defining an arc-shaped guide slot extending along a front-to-rear direction;
a sliding part with…

Assignees

• Cheng Uei Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Tsung Shih

Classifications

• A63F13/24 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• H01H21/36

  Electricity · mapped topic