US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Sept. 9 for "Two stage triggering in a handheld device" (Washington, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,565, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Two stage triggering in a handheld device" was invented by Khaled Boulos (Seattle), Yan Gouts (Bellevue, Wash.), Derrick Readinger (Philadelphia), Marcus Peterson (Kirkland, Wash.) and Lorenz Henric Jentz (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller includes a housing, and a handle extends from a portion of the housing. The housing defines an internal cavity. The housing includes a thumb plate, wherein the thumb plate comprises a touchpad, one or more actuators, and/or a joystick. The one or more actuators comprise buttons. The con...