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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen D Bristow, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atari, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
178 18 ; 338114 ;
Abstract
An improved joystick having an operating shaft mounted on a base with a ball and socket joint and a plurality of circuit elements directly actuated by the operating shaft. The circuit elements vary in impedance in correspondence to the displacement of the operating shaft so that the displacement of the operating shaft is converted into corresponding electrical signal.