Game Controller Pivoting Slide Member Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game controllers are limited in design flexibility due to their fixed shape, which restricts the attachment mechanism to a specific rail shape, limiting the freedom in designing the game controller's shape and functionality.
Innovation Solution
A game controller design featuring a controller-side slide member with a pivoting portion that can pivot relative to a fixed portion, allowing for attachment to a main unit via a slide mechanism, enabling improved shape flexibility and attachment options, including alignment of slide axes and biasing mechanisms to secure the controller in various positions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the controller-side slide member has a fixed shape, then the attachment mechanism is simple, but the design freedom of the game controller is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The controller-side slide member incorporates a pivoting portion that can rotate relative to the main body, transforming the attachment mechanism from a static fixed shape to a dynamic adjustable structure. This allows the slide member to adapt to different attachment positions and orientations on the main unit, significantly improving design freedom while maintaining reasonable structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The controller-side slide member is divided into a fixed portion and a pivoting portion that can rotate relative to each other. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each part: the fixed portion provides stable attachment while the pivoting portion enables shape adjustment, resolving the contradiction between simplicity and design freedom
2Adaptability or versatility
If the pivoting portion is added to the controller-side slide member, then the design freedom is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivoting portion is integrated directly into the controller-side slide member as a unified component rather than a separate attachment. This merging approach allows the pivoting function to be achieved while minimizing additional structural complexity, as the pivoting portion shares the same attachment interface with the main unit
3Ease of operation
If the slide axes are aligned on the same straight line, then the attachment is smooth, but the shape flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The pivoting portion enables the slide member to dynamically adjust its orientation after initial attachment. The slide axes can be aligned during the attachment process for smooth insertion, then the pivoting portion allows subsequent shape adjustment, thereby achieving both attachment smoothness and shape flexibility at different stages
Data Source
AI summary
An example of a game controller is removably attachable to a main unit having a main unit-side slide member and configured to execute game processes. The game controller includes: an operation section; and a controller-side slide member configured to slidably engage with the main unit-side slide member in a slide direction. The controller-side slide member has a first end and a second end in the slide direction, and the game controller is configured to be attached to the main unit by inserting the controller-side slide member into the main unit-side slide member from the first end. The controller-side slide member includes: a fixed portion that protrudes from a surface of the game controller and is fixed to the surface; and a pivoting portion that is connected to the fixed portion and is configured to pivot relative to the fixed portion.