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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Gabriel M. R. Gassoway, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jason V. Tsai, Bellevue, WA (US);
Kenneth D. Jasinski, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan S. Robinson, Kirkland, WA (US);
Christopher H. Kujawski, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron Schmitz, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A user-replaceable thumbstick top for a user input device is described. The thumbstick top comprises one or more first mating elements that are adapted to mate with one or more second mating elements of a thumbstick base of the user input device. The first and second mating elements are configured to enable the thumbstick top to be removably connected to the thumbstick base. The manner of interconnection between the thumbstick top and the thumbstick base is such that a user can connect and disconnect the two components without having to disassemble the game controller and without having to use any tools.