Inventor

Ichiro Shirai

Patents indexed

Year range

1987

Associated with

Years active

1987

Total patents

Most recent

1987

Domains

consumer_electronicsmechanicalgaming

Activity by decade

1980s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1987

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How the Nintendo D-Pad Works

A mechanical switch design that allows a user to control directional movement in video games using a single, tilting thumb-operated button.

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