Integrated Game Controller Housing to Minimize Grip Seams
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game controllers have seams between attached grips and housings that can be touched by users during grasping, leading to discomfort and potential operational issues.
Innovation Solution
A game controller design featuring a single-component housing with integrated grips and lids that cover the openings, minimizing seams and enhancing user comfort by reducing contact points.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If separate grips are attached to the housing, then the controller can be assembled in a modular manner, but seams are formed between the grip and housing that users may touch causing discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the grip and housing into a single integrated component where the grip is formed as an integral part of the housing structure. This eliminates the seam between separate grip and housing components, preventing user discomfort while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through one-piece molding techniques
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple components are assembled together to form the controller, then manufacturing flexibility is improved, but the number of seams and contact points increases causing user discomfort
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is designed as a single integrated component that combines the grip portion and main body into one piece, eliminating seams at the interface between grip and housing. The lid is also designed as a separate component that covers the opening, creating a clean interface without exposed seams that would contact the user's hand
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the housing is made as a single component, then seam formation is suppressed, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is divided into two main components: an integrated housing (combining grip and body) and a separate lid. This segmentation allows the housing to be manufactured as a single piece without seams, while the lid is assembled separately to cover the opening, balancing manufacturing complexity with seam suppression
Data Source
AI summary
An example of a game controller configured to be grasped by a user to provide an input comprises a first input section, a housing and a first lid. The first input section is at a front side of the game controller. The housing is a single component comprising a first grip portion and a second grip portion and having an opening that spans between the front side and an upper side of the game controller, wherein the first grip portion and the second grip portion extend at least partly downward at a left side and at least partly at a right side, respectively. The first lid at least partly covers the opening of the front side of the game controller.