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Video game apparatus

CA 1101995 A · Owner: Fairchild Camera And Instrument Corporation · Inventors: Smith, Ronald A.

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A video game apparatus for connection to a standard television set and including an electronics-containing console having a plurality of parameter selection buttons and a chute mechanism for receiving a replaceable cartridge-containing supplementary electronic circuitry, and a pair of hand controllers for providing player control inputs to the console electronics. Improved connector apparatus is associated with the chute mechanism to enable electrical connection to be made to a cartridge contained printed circuit board with a minimum of insertion force.

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  • Granted May 26, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 26, 1998.
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FiledJune 30, 1977
GrantedMay 26, 1981
Term endedMay 26, 1998
Patent numberCA 1101995 A
Classification (IPC)G06K7/00 +2 more

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1978198119841987199019931996Application filedJune 30, 1977Patent grantedMay 26, 1981Term endedMay 26, 1998

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