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Assignee: Thrustmaster, Inc.


Location: Tigard, OR
No. of patents: 9

NumberTitleIssue Date
5718639Opto-electric golf club swing sensing system having vertically offset sensors
A video golf swing sensing system responsive to a user swinging a golf club provides inputs to a video golf game operating on a personal computer having a monitor, a microprocessor, and a serial port. The sensing system is mounted on a pad and includes li...
02/17/1998
5551701Reconfigurable video game controller with graphical reconfiguration display
A video game/simulator system in a personal computer (PC) with game port and keyboard port includes a joystick includes a base and a joystick handle pivotally mounted on the base for two-dimensional movement. The joystick controller is connectable to both...
09/03/1996
5472205Opto-electric golf club swing sensing system and method
A video golf system responsive to a user swinging a golf club is described. The system includes a video golf game operating on a personal computer having a monitor, a microprocessor, and a serial port. A golf club swing sensing system is coupled to the pe...
12/05/1995
5459487Video game/flight simulator controller with single analog input to multiple discrete inputs
A video game controller, for inputting command signals to a game port having a finite number of discrete and analog signal inputs, provides a plurality of additional discrete outputs multiplexed on one of the analog outputs. This controller has a pluralit...
10/17/1995
5436640Video game and simulator joystick controller with geared potentiometer actuation
A joystick controller for a video simulation system having a geared potentiometer actuation mechanism. The joystick controller comprises a base, a handle mounted on an actuation shaft, and first and second gimbals pivotally mounted on the base by pivot me...
07/25/1995
5396267Reconfigurable video game system
A reconfigurable video game/simulator system including a personal computer, a video display, a keyboard, and one or more game controllers including a throttle controller. The keyboard is coupled to the throttle controller as are the other game controllers...
03/07/1995
5368426Connector and method for edge-to-edge assembly of pressboard to form furniture structures
A connector having a horizontal channel member and a vertical channel member connected to the horizontal channel member. The vertical member has a lengthwise hole formed therein for receiving a screw. The vertical channel member is connected at a midpoint...
11/29/1994
5343006Panel mount switch assembly
A panel mount switch assembly for mounting a push-button actuator switch on an opening in a panel. The switch assembly including a switch base holder connected to the switch base, a pair of legs connected to the base holder and positioned to protrude thro...
08/30/1994
5245320Multiport game card with configurable address
The invention is a multi-port video game controller interface which provides supports for at least two multifunctional game controllers via a single microcomputer I/O bus connector. An address decoder selectively enables one of the game controllers, in or...
09/14/1993
 
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