US Patent Issued to Dell Products on April 8 for "Directional pads with dynamic tactile features and methods of using the same" (Nebraska Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,957, issued on April 8, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Directional pads with dynamic tactile features and methods of using the same" was invented by Jason Scott Morrison (Chadron, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional pad for a controller can comprise a shell that includes a top having opposing upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of openings that each extend from the upper surface to the lower surface. The directional pad can also comprise a plurality of protrusions that are each movable between a retracted state in which the protrusion is disposed at or below the upper surface of the top of t...