Patent ID: 8545323

Claim:
A game controller comprising: a body comprising a first and a second lobe, wherein a user of the controller may grip the first lobe with a first hand and the second lobe with a second hand; a first set of controls accessible to the first hand; and a second set of controls accessible to the second hand, wherein one of the first or second set of controls includes a compact force feedback mechanism disposed within the body and comprising: a printed circuit board having a first side and a second side; a user manipulable object mounted on the first side of the printed circuit board; an actuator, mounted on the second side of the printed circuit board, the actuator for driving the user manipulable object in rotation around an axis; and a gear system mounted on the user manipulable object and positioned adjacent and perpendicular to the printed circuit board, the gear system configured to couple the actuator to the user manipulable object, wherein the gear system provides a gear reduction from the actuator to the user manipulable object, wherein the gear system includes at least one annular gear which includes teeth on a concave side engaging teeth of a pinion for driving the annular gear, and wherein the gear system comprises a double reduction gear system.