摘要:
A control lever (13, 34) is distinctly movable in different planes for actuation of different control means (15-18) in that it has, adjacent the control lever housing (10), a plate (37) provided with a number of bevelled flat edges (50, 51) corresponding to the number of planes in which the control lever is movable, the plate (37) being tiltable on said flat edges by means of said lever on which it is also movable. A spring (46) is provided between the plate (37) and a fixed abutment (41) on the lever for holding said lever (13) in engagement with a seat (28) and for urging said plate (37) against a planar portion of the housing (10). When the lever (13, 34) is moved in a given direction, the plate (37) is tilted about the edge (50, 51) against the action of the spring (46), any risk of the lever moving in another undesired plane being effectively eliminated.
摘要:
A player-operated control unit for a video game providing both a joystick control function and a paddle type control function. A combined joystick/paddle control assembly (25) has radially extending arms (69-72) each associated to a different joystick control switch (34-37) mounted on a substrate (27) in a housing (28, 29). The assembly also includes a rotatable potentiometer having a shaft extending through the top of the housing on which a control knob (86) is mounted. The assembly (25) is pivotally mounted on a support post (88) located on the inside bottom surface of the housing, and rotational motion of the assembly (25) is confined by the interlocking action of a pair of ribs (79) formed in the housing and slotted feet (76, 77) extending laterally of the bottom of the assembly. A pair of game status switches (31, 33) and an fire/ serve switch (32) are mounted on a substrate (27) and are operated respectively by a status switch operating assembly (22, 23) and a spring loaded fire/serve button (24).