US Patent Issued to Dell Products on June 17 for "Directional pads comprising a suspension system and controllers including the same" (American, Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,054, issued on June 17, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"Directional pads comprising a suspension system and controllers including the same" was invented by Jason Scott Morrison (Chadron, Neb.) and Yi-Ming Chou (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A directional pad for a controller can comprise a shell, a suspension system, and a haptic actuator. The shell can include a top that has opposing upper and lower surfaces. The suspension system can be coupled to the shell and include three or more elastic arms. Each of the arms can extend between a first end that is coupled to the shell and a second end that...