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THRUSTMASTER INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    26
About

THRUSTMASTER INC has a total of 26 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1992. It filed its patents most often in United States, Australia and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets furniture and games, computer technology and mechanical elements are WIKIPAD INC, THORNER CRAIG and STEELSERIES APS.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing THRUSTMASTER INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Bouton Frank M 18
#2 Carter Robert L 4
#3 Kimmel Rodney W 3
#4 Hoffman Clarence A 3
#5 Moffett Gary L 3
#6 Juve Eric K 3
#7 Reeves David W 2
#8 Kaminsky Stephen T 2
#9 Church Robert L 2
#10 Nickless Doyle A 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US5923317A Two-handed controller for video games and simulations
US5610631A Reconfigurable joystick controller recalibration
US5611731A Video pinball machine controller having an optical accelerometer for detecting slide and tilt
US5591082A Side-mounted throttle and weapons controller for computer video games and flight simulation
US5718639A Opto-electric golf club swing sensing system having vertically offset sensors
US5436640A Video game and simulator joystick controller with geared potentiometer actuation
US5459487A Video game/flight simulator controller with single analog input to multiple discrete inputs
US5593350A Video game card having interrupt resistant behavior
US5472205A Opto-electric golf club swing sensing system and method
AU6083594A Reconfigurable joystick controller with multi-stage trigger
US5551701A Reconfigurable video game controller with graphical reconfiguration display
US5368426A Connector and method for edge-to-edge assembly of pressboard to form furniture structures
US5343006A Panel mount switch assembly
US5245320A Multiport game card with configurable address