Adjustable Trigger Sensor Position for Variable Key Travel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game controller triggers have a fixed key travel, which fails to accommodate varying user requirements during different gaming activities, limiting their versatility.
Innovation Solution
A trigger with a user-adjustable sensor position, featuring a torsion spring and an adjusting assembly that allows the key travel to be customized by sliding the adjusting block into different positions, enabling adjustable key travel between the pressing and triggering portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed key travel is used in conventional triggers, then the structure is simple and reliable, but the adaptability to different gaming requirements is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The trigger key travel is made adjustable through a sliding mechanism with multiple positioning holes. The sensor position can be changed along the sliding direction to provide different key travel distances, transforming a static fixed-travel structure into a dynamic adjustable-travel structure that adapts to various gaming needs
Solution Approach 2:
The key travel parameter is made changeable by allowing the sensor to be positioned at different locations along the sliding direction. By changing the sensor position parameter, the key travel distance can be adjusted to match different gaming requirements, resolving the contradiction between fixed structure and variable performance
2Ease of operation
If a single key travel is provided, then the device complexity is low, but the ease of operation for different gaming scenarios is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The trigger system incorporates an adjustable sliding mechanism that enables users to change the sensor position according to different gaming scenarios. This dynamic adjustment capability allows optimization of key travel for various operations, improving ease of operation while adding controlled complexity through the sliding and positioning structure
3Adaptability or versatility
If the sensor position is fixed, then the manufacturing precision requirements are lower, but the adaptability to user preferences is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The continuous sliding path is segmented into discrete positioning holes at specific intervals. This segmentation allows the sensor to be positioned at multiple predetermined locations with controlled precision, balancing the need for user preference adaptability with manageable manufacturing precision requirements for hole placement
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor position parameter can be changed to multiple discrete values corresponding to different positioning holes. This provides user preference adaptability while the discrete hole positions simplify manufacturing precision requirements compared to continuous adjustable positions
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows users to adjust key travel to suit specific gaming needs, enhancing the versatility and usability of the game controller by accommodating different usage requirements.
Implementation Method 1
a torsion spring elastically abutting between the pressing portion and the outer shell... When an elastic force of the torsion spring is released, the torsion spring elastically abuts against the pressing portion to define a position where the pressing portion is located to be an original position
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AI summary
A trigger with user adjustable sensor position assembled to an outer shell, includes a pressing portion pivotally connected to the outer shell, a torsion spring elastically abutting between the pressing portion and the outer shell, a triggering portion assembled in the outer shell, and an adjusting assembly. When an elastic force of the torsion spring is released, the torsion spring elastically abuts against the pressing portion to define a position where the pressing portion is located to be an original position, a position where the pressing portion abuts against the triggering portion to trigger the triggering portion is defined as a triggering position. The pressing portion is capable of swinging between the original position and the triggering position. The adjusting assembly is assembled in the outer shell. When the adjusting assembly is in different adjusting positions, key travels between the pressing portion and the triggering portion are different.