Patent ID: 7235748
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video game controller, comprising: a lever having an axis portion operable to rotate around an axis line; a rotating body adapted to rotate around the axis line with the axis portion, said rotating body having at least one projecting part; and at least one switch arranged around said rotating body, said at least one switch having a first metal plate and a second metal plate, wherein a tip end portion of the first metal plate and a tip end of the second metal plate constitute contact portions of said switch, and a base end portion of the first metal plate and a base end portion of the second metal plate are secured in such a state that they are electrically insulated from each other, and said switch is arranged in such a manner that the contact portions of said switch contact each other only when the tip end portion of the first metal plate of said switch comes in contact with the projecting part of said rotating body.