Drop resistant controller
AssigneeValve Corporation
InventorsWalter Petersen, Michael Baseflug
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Abstract
A drop resistant controller is described. A control of the controller may include a cover, a circuit board disposed behind the cover and within a housing of the controller, and a switch mounted to the circuit board. The circuit board includes a cantilever portion, a main body portion, and a cutout defined in the circuit board between the cantilever portion and the main body portion. The switch is mounted to the circuit board on the cantilever portion and is configured to provide, to a processor(s), data indicative of an actuation of the control. Damage to the control, and/or to particular components thereof (e.g., the switch), is mitigated by the ability of the cantilever portion of the circuit board to flex under high-force impacts on the control.
Claims20
A controller system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- a housing having a top surface;
- and
- a control disposed on the top surface of the housing and controllable by an index finger of a user of the controller, the control comprising:
- a cover configured to move in response to a press on the cover by the index finger;
- a circuit board disposed behind the cover and within the housing, the circuit board having a cantilever portion, a main body portion, and a cutout defined in the circuit board between the cantilever portion and the main body portion;
- and
- a switch mounted to the circuit board on the cantilever portion and configured to provide, to the processor, data indicative of an actuation of the control based at least in part on the cover moving into engagement with the switch as a result of the press,
- wherein the cantilever portion is configured to flex in response to a force applied to the cover satisfying a threshold amount of force.
A controller system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a controller comprising:
- a housing having at least one surface;
- and
- a control disposed on the at least one surface of the housing and controllable by a finger of a user of the controller, the control comprising:
- a cover configured to move in response to a press on the cover by the finger;
- a circuit board disposed behind the cover and within the housing, the circuit board having a cantilever portion, a main body portion, and a cutout defined in the circuit board between the cantilever portion and the main body portion;
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- a switch mounted to the circuit board on the cantilever portion and configured to provide, to the processor, data indicative of an actuation of the control based at least in part on the cover moving into engagement with the switch as a result of the press.
A control of a controller, the control comprising:
- a cover configured to move in response to a press on the cover by a finger;
- a circuit board configured to be disposed behind the cover and within a housing of the controller, the circuit board having a cantilever portion, a main body portion, and a cutout defined in the circuit board between the cantilever portion and the main body portion;
- and
- a switch mounted to the circuit board on the cantilever portion and configured to provide, to a processor, data indicative of an actuation of the control based at least in part on the cover moving into engagement with the switch as a result of the press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.