ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,248, issued on March 11, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Game controller" was invented by Hitoshi Tsuchiya (Kyoto, Japan), Fumiyoshi Suetake (Kyoto, Japan) and Takanori Okamura (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example game controller includes a housing main body formed by connecting a housing member on a front surface side and a housing member on a back surface side. On the left and right of the housing main body, holding portions are provided. To the left and right holding portions, a pair of grip portions covering the entirety of the holding portions are connected. A boundary portion between two h...