Hand controller for video games

A hand controller for playing video games comprising:

• a base suitable for resting on a level surface;
• a shaft mounted for universal pivoting movement in said base;
• an electrical circuit having means responsive to the position of said shaft, and
• a handle mounted at the upper end of said shaft, said handle having a main hand grip portion with an outer surface in the form of a convex ridge having front and rear surfaces sloping forwardly and rearwardly from a crest,
• said handle being mounted to the shaft by means of a bracket having a cylindrically curved portion with an elongated slot, and said shaft passing through the slot and being held in the slot by releasable fastening means allowing adjustment of the position of the shaft in the slot, said adjustment being such as to change the angle of slope of said crest.

A hand controller for playing video games comprising:

• a base suitable for resting on a level surface;
• a shaft mounted for universal pivoting movement in said base;
• an electrical circuit having means responsive to the position of said shaft,
• a handle mounted at the upper end of said shaft, said handle having a main hand grip portion with an upper end and a lower end, and
• a rotary member positioned at the upper end of said hand grip portion so as to be rotatable by the thumb of a right hand having its palm and fingers grasping the hand grip portion, the rotary member being connected to rotary position sensing means in said circuit suitable for controlling one feature of the video game when rotated.

A hand controller for playing video games comprising:

• a base suitable for resting on a level surface;
• a shaft mounted at a lower end thereof for universal pivoting movement in said base;
• an electrical circuit having means responsive to the position of said shaft;
• a handle mounted at the upper end of said shaft;
• and
• a sleeve mounted on the shaft between the lower end and the handle and connected to said base by extendible members which are orientated at right angles to each other when viewed along the shaft axis,
• each extendible member having spring means serving to bias the shaft into a central neutral position,
• and each extendible member including a potentiometer sensitive to compression and extension of said member and connected into said electrical circuit,
• and further comprising means for adjusting the position of the sleeve on the shaft to vary the sensitivity of the controller.

a hand controller for playing video games comprising:

• a base suitable for resting on a level surface;
• a shaft mounted at a lower end thereof for universal pivoting movement in said base;
• an electrical circuit having potentiometers responsive to the position of said shaft;
• a handle mounted at the upper end of said shaft;
• and
• spring means serving to bias the shaft into a central neutral position;
• wherein said potentiometers are connected in circuit with calibration switches arranged to simulate the effect of movement of the potentiometers so that operation of such switches gives a signal equivalent to full scale deflection of the handle in mutually perpendicular directions, without movement of said handle.