ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,800, issued on May 13, was assigned to SHENZHEN GULI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Hall joystick" was invented by Hongyong Yu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Hall joystick is disclosed, including: a main body having a first side surface and a second side surface; a first side cap and a second cap that are respectively fixed to the first side surface and the second side surface; a first rotating member and a second rotating member that are rotatably connected to the first side cap and the second side cap, where each of the first and the second rotating member has a magnet; a stick partly received in the mai...