Analog joystick with non-preferential displacement feature
CA 2288550 A1 · Owner: Midway Games, Inc. · Inventors: Sedor, Thomas M.
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A joystick assembly having a non-preferential displacement characteristic. The joystick assembly includes a shaft member mounted for pivotal movement relative to a, support platform throughout a plurality of angular positions. The support platform is, adapted for placement in a video game cabinet in custom or retrofit applications. A, plurality of springs connected to the shaft member serve to bias the shaft member in a, neutral position which in alternative embodiments comprises a side-decent position and a, center-detent position. In a preferred embodiment the non-preferential , displacement, characteristic is achieved by pre-loading the springs. In one embodiment the , springs are, …
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- Filed November 4, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 4, 2019.
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