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US 2025/0060837 A1Published application
Input device and operation stick unit
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasaho MORITA, Kazuyuki SUZUKI
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Abstract
A part provided with an operation member in an input device is enabled to be replaced easily. The input device includes a stick unit including an operation stick and a circuit for detecting movement of the operation stick. A main body of the input device has a housing recessed portion that opens upward and rearward and houses the stick unit. The stick unit is attachable to and detachable from the housing recessed portion.
Claims10
An input device comprising:
- a main body having an external surface including a part facing in a first direction and a part facing in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and a plurality of first operation members protruding in the first direction from the external surface;
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- an operation member unit including a second operation member and a circuit for detecting movement of the second operation member,
- the main body having a housing recessed portion opening in the first direction and the second direction and configured to house the operation member unit, and
- the operation member unit being attachable to and detachable from the housing recessed portion.
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An operation stick unit comprising:
- an operation stick;
- a supporting mechanism configured to support the operation stick;
- a circuit board on which a circuit for detecting movement of the operation stick is formed;
- a connector mounted on the circuit board and configured to be electrically connected to a main body of an input device;
- a case configured to house the circuit board and the supporting mechanism;
- and
- a guide extending in a direction along the circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.