# US 2025/0060792 A1 · Input device and cover of input device

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- Number: US 2025/0060792 A1
- Document ID: US20250060792A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/723,876
- Filed: 2022-12-21
- Published: 2025-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2021-12-28
- Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
- Inventors: Masaho MORITA; Takashi ONDA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250060792A1

## CPC

- G06F 1/1658: {related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module}
- A63F 13/24: Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
- G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/02: Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
- G06F 3/03543: {Mice or pucks (G06F3/03541 takes precedence)}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

The rigidity of an input device is increased while an effect on the external appearance of the input device is suppressed. The input device has a device front portion as well as a right grip and a left grip. An upper case and a lower case of the input device form a part of each of the device front portion, the right grip, and the left grip, and house a frame. The lower case is fixed to at least one of the frame and the upper case by a plurality of screws. A lower cover is attached to the lower surface of the lower case, covers the plurality of screws, and constitutes at least a part of each of the lower surface of the device front portion, the left side surface of the right grip, and the right side surface of the left grip.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An input device comprising:
a device front portion including a right portion on which a first operation member is disposed, a left portion on which a second operation member is disposed, and a central portion as a part between the right portion and the left portion;
a right grip extending rearward of a rear edge of the central portion from the right portion of the device front portion;
a left grip extending rearward of the rear edge of the central portion from the left portion of the device front portion;
an upper case forming a part of each of the device front portion, the right grip, and the left grip;
a lower case forming a part of each of the device front portion, the right grip, and the left grip;
a frame housed in the upper case and the lower case;
a plurality of screws configured to fix the lower case to at least one of the frame and the upper case; and
a lower cover attached to a lower surface of the lower case and configured to cover the plurality of screws,
the lower cover constituting at least a part of each of a lower surface of the device front portion, a left side surface of the right grip, and a right side surface of the left grip.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein
the lower cover exposes the lower case at a right side surface of the right grip and a left side surface of the left grip.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, wherein
a surface of the lower cover has, on the left side surface of the right grip, a form of a surface different from a right side surface of the right grip, and
the surface of the lower cover has, on the right side surface of the left grip, a form of a surface different from a left side surface of the left grip.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The input device according to claim 3, wherein
the surface of the lower cover has, on the left side surface of the right grip and the right side surface of the left grip, an uneven pattern as the forms of the surfaces.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The input device according to claim 3, wherein
the left side surface of the right grip is a part touched by a finger of a user holding the right grip, and
the right side surface of the left grip is a part touched by a finger of the user holding the left grip.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The input device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a third operation member attached to the lower surface of the device front portion, wherein the lower cover has a hole for attaching the third operation member thereto.

### Claim 7

A cover attached to a lower case of an input device, the input device including
a device front portion including a right portion on which a first operation member is disposed,
a left portion on which a second operation member is disposed, and a central portion as a part between the right portion and the left portion,
a right grip extending rearward of a rear edge of the central portion from the right portion of the device front portion,
a left grip extending rearward of the rear edge of the central portion from the left portion of the device front portion,
an upper case forming a part of each of the device front portion, the right grip, and the left grip, and
the lower case forming a part of each of the device front portion, the right grip, and the left grip,
the cover constituting at least a part of each of a lower surface of the device front portion, a left side surface of the right grip, and a right side surface of the left grip.