Games controller and trigger therefor
AssigneeIronburg Inventions Limited
InventorsDuncan Ironmonger, Carl S. Jeffrey
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Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a games controller for controlling electronic games, input device for a computer program and a trigger mechanism therefor. The trigger mechanism comprises a trigger body having a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber. The plurality of walls include a base wall and an orifice defined in the base wall. A detent is detachably mounted on the trigger body. The detent is at least partially received in the orifice and the detent is rotatable with respect to the trigger body. The detent comprises at least one abutment surface which is eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent.
Claims18
A trigger mechanism for a games controller for controlling electronic games, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger body having a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber, the plurality of walls including a base wall and an orifice defined in the base wall;
- and
- a detent detachably mounted on the trigger body, the detent at least partially received in the orifice;
- and wherein:
- the detent is rotatable with respect to the trigger body;
- and
- the detent comprises at least one abutment surface, eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent.
An apparatus for supplying user inputs to a computer program for controlling the computer program, the apparatus comprising at least one depressible trigger mechanism, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger body having a detent for manual adjustment of a depressible range of motion of the trigger mechanism;
- and wherein:
- the trigger body comprises a plurality of walls, including a base wall, the plurality of walls defining an interior chamber of the trigger body;
- and
- the base wall comprises an orifice for receiving at least in part the detent, the detent being detachably mounted to the trigger body and being rotatable with respect to the trigger body;
- and
- the detent comprises at least one abutment surface eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent.
A trigger mechanism for a games controller for controlling electronic games, the trigger mechanism comprising:
- a trigger body having a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber, the plurality of walls including a base wall and an orifice defined in the base wall;
- and
- a detent detachably mounted on the trigger body, the detent at least partially received in the orifice;
- and wherein:
- the detent is rotatable with respect to the trigger body;
- the detent comprises at least one abutment surface, eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent;
- and
- the at least one abutment surface is rotatable from a first position and a second position, the abutment surface being disposed in closer proximity to the rotational axis of the detent in the second position than in the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.