Patent ID: 6135450
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: A63F,G06F

Abstract:
A retro-fit vibration system for a video game controller that lacks vibration features comprising:a video game electrical signal decoder unit having an elongated housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a left end and a right end; a storage compartment is formed in said housing; an I.C. (integrated circuit) on a circuit board is mounted in said storage compartment; said top wall having a removable battery compartment cover; a D.C. battery source of electrical power removably mounted in said housing; an electrical circuit connected to said I.C. and said D.C. source of electrical power; an on/off mechanical switch extends outwardly from said front wall and it is connected to said electrical circuit for interrupting electrical power from said D.C. battery source of electrical power to said I.C.; a first electrical terminal extending from said right end of said housing for connection to a video game CPU; said first electrical terminal being electrically connected to said I.C. so that electrical signals can be received by said I.C. and decoded; a second electrical terminal extending from said electrical housing for connection to a video game controller that lacks vibration features so that player instructions from a video game controller can be transmitted through said I.C. to said video game CPU;a vibration unit having a top housing and a bottom housing; an electric motor having a driveshaft is mounted in said bottom housing; a disc is eccentrically mounted on said driveshaft to impart the vibration motion to said vibration unit; said top housing has a lens member and an L.E.D. is mounted in said bottom housing beneath said lens member at a position that allows its light to shine through said lens member; said motor and said L.E.D. being connected to a secondary electrical circuit; said vibration unit having means for removably attaching said vibration unit to a limb of a person in such a manner that said vibration unit is entirely lifted up and moved when said limb is raised and moved; andan electrical wire having a first end removably connected to said secondary electrical circuit in said vibration unit; said electrical wire having a second end removably connected to said I.C. in said video game signal decoder unit.