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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:
Jul. 10, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Sava, San Jose, CA (US);
Roy J Machamer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atari, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338128 ; 338 / ; 338 90 ; 200 / ; 7447 / ; 2731 / ;
Abstract
Hall effect elements are placed in proximity to magnets in such a way that the position of the magnets relative to the Hall elements is a function of the position of a joystick controller. In this way, the position of the joystick can be 'read' by a machine by reference to the Hall effect voltage.