# US 11,577,173 B2 · Controller support for virtual reality video games > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,577,173 B2 - Document ID: US11577173B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/042,438 - Filed: 2019-03-26 - Published: 2021-03-18 - Granted: 2023-02-14 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-27 - Assignees: Protubevr - Applicants: Protubevr - Inventors: Romain Armand - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11577173B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/98: Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers - A63F 13/24: Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles - A63F 2300/1043: being characterized by constructional details - A63F 2300/8082: Virtual reality - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A controller support for virtual reality video games, where the support is presented in the form of a stick simulating an object in the virtual reality video game, at least one housing is adapted to receive a controller by interlocking, the controller housing is secured to the stick by way of a pin, the controller housing is grippable and configured to be removably engaged on the pin, a magnetic connection exerting a magnetic force ensures the holding in position of the controller housing on the pin, the magnetic connection is configured such that the engagement/disengagement of the controller housing on the pin is done by a lateral movement of said housing, the magnetic force being oriented in the direction of this lateral movement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A controller support for virtual reality video games, comprising: a stick having a shaft, wherein the stick has a longitudinal axis along the entirety of the shaft or having a portion comprising a longitudinal axis along the entirety of the shaft, and at least one grippable housing adapted configured to receive a game controller by interlocking, the controller housing is secured to the stick, wherein the controller housing is secured to the stick or to the stick's portion by way of a pin, the controller housing is configured to be removably engaged on the pin, a magnetic connection exerting a magnetic force ensures the holding in position of the controller housing on the pin, the magnetic connection is configured such that the engagement/disengagement of the controller housing on the pin is done by a lateral movement of said housing, the lateral movement of the housing is in a perpendicular direction with respect to the longitudinal axis, the magnetic force being oriented in the direction of this lateral movement. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the direction of the magnetic force is normal to the sagittal median plane of the stick or oriented according to a solid angle less than or equal to 0.5 steradian, the axis of this solid angle being normal to said sagittal median plane, said sagittal median plane including the longitudinal axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The controller support according to claim 2, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion, respectively a metal portion, engaging with a metal portion, respectively magnetized, arranged on the pin. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The controller support according to claim 2, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion engaging with another magnetized portion arranged on the pin. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion, respectively a metal portion, engaging with a metal portion, respectively magnetized, arranged on the pin. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion engaging with another magnetized portion arranged on the pin. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the controller housing includes a reservation which covers a portion of the pin when said housing is engaged on said pin, which reservation is delimited by a side wall and a bottom wall. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The controller support according to claim 7, wherein the side wall of the reservation is oriented in the direction of the lateral movement making it possible for the engagement/disengagement of the controller housing, such that said side wall acts as guiding for said housing during the engagement/disengagement thereof of the pin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The controller support according to claim 8, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion, respectively a metal portion, engaging with a metal portion, respectively magnetized, arranged on the pin, and wherein the magnetized portion of the controller housing is arranged at the level of the bottom wall. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The controller support according to claim 8, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion engaging with another magnetized portion arranged on the pin and the magnetized portion of the controller housing is arranged at the level of the bottom wall. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The controller support according to claim 7, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion, respectively a metal portion, engaging with a metal portion, respectively magnetized, arranged on the pin, and the magnetized portion of the controller housing is arranged at the level of the bottom wall. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The controller support according to claim 7, wherein the side wall of the reservation includes at least one surface which comes into contact with a complementary surface of the covered portion of the pin when said housing is engaged on said pin and when said housing is urged in the axis of the stick. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The controller support according to claim 7, wherein the controller housing includes a magnetized portion engaging with another magnetized portion arranged on the pin, and wherein the magnetized portion of the controller housing is arranged at the level of the bottom wall. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the pin is mounted on an articulation enabling a rotation of the controller housing in a plane passing through the axis of the stick. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the stick has at least two portions articulated together, each of said portions is provided with a controller housing mounted on an articulation. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the stick includes a crosier of which one portion is shaped so as to form a cheek support, which crosier is mounted on an articulation enabling a pivoting of said crosier with respect to the axis of said stick. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein a connection by mechanical clipping contributes to the holding in position of the controller housing on the pin. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the controller housing includes inner walls covered with a rubber or silicone coating. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The controller support according to claim 1, wherein the controller has a stick provided with a strap configured to be passed around the wrist of the player, the controller housing having a wall including a hole for the passage of said strap.