Video game hand controller

A hand operable controller for producing an electrical control signal in response to manipulation of the controller by a user comprising,

• a housing having an interior and a floor portion within said interior, said housing having a raised support extending upwardly from the floor portion and having a mounting pillar formed on the floor portion, said mounting pillar having a bore recess formed therein, said housing further having an aperture formed in an upper portion thereof,
• a mounting board positioned on the raised support of said housing, said mounting board having an aperture in a central portion thereof,
• at least four electrical contact pads affixed to said mounting board around the aperture in the mounting board, each of said contact pads having an edge portion extending across the aperture in the mounting board, said edge portions positioned along a rectangle overlying the aperture in the mounting board,
• a central contact member of electrically conductive material having a tubular shape, said central contact member forming a radial flexure and being affixed within the bore recess of the mounting pillar in the housing, and extending upwardly through the aperture in the mounting board,
• an actuator stem positioned within said central contact member and having a tapered portion formed on an end thereof, said tapered portion of the actuator stem being positioned inside the central contact member within the bore recess of the mounting pillar and forming a pivot for the actuator stem and associated central contact member, and
• a joystick member affixed to said actuator stem and extending upwardly through the opening in the upper portion of said housing, said joystick providing means for the user to flex the central contact member radially into electrical contact with the contact pads.