{"id":99826,"date":"2019-09-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/nintendo_files_new_patent_for_hinged_joy-con_controller"},"modified":"2019-09-07T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T07:00:00","slug":"nintendo-files-new-patent-for-hinged-joy-con-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/07\/nintendo-files-new-patent-for-hinged-joy-con-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Files New Patent For Hinged Joy-Con Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a63c61d7ca5e7\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a63c61d7ca5e7\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Get flexible<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <time class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2019-09-07T07:00:00+00:00\"><span>12 hours ago<\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo is always trying to improve existing products and the Joy-Con is no exception. While we&#8217;re sure there is one design flaw in this controller many Switch owners would like to see fixed, it seems Nintendo is more interested in coming up with brand new ways to enhance and innovate.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting the hinged Joy-Con \u2013 a new Nintendo patent that&#8217;s recently appeared on the official patent database in Japan. As you can see in the images above and below, it allows the user to adjust the angle of the top part of the Joy-Con.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hinged Joy Con 3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/793ca0e9053b6\/hinged-joy-con-3.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/793ca0e9053b6\/hinged-joy-con-3.original.jpg\" alt=\"Hinged Joy Con 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hinged Joy Con 6\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e85f020eff6e\/hinged-joy-con-6.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e85f020eff6e\/hinged-joy-con-6.original.jpg\" alt=\"Hinged Joy Con 6\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has already made some incredibly minor changes to the internals of the Joy-Con controller, but the appearance of it remains the same. If anything was to come of this recent filing, this would technically be the first revision altering the look of the controller.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that&#8217;s not to suggest anything will happen. This is <em>just<\/em> a patent \u2013 meaning there&#8217;s no certainty it will actually become a real product.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think of this design? Does it look comfortable? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/ipforce.jp\/patent-jp-A-2019-146737\" href=\"https:\/\/ipforce.jp\/patent-jp-A-2019-146737\">ipforce.jp<\/a>, <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/d0lkv2\/a_new_patent_from_nintendo_went_public_yesterday\/\" href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/d0lkv2\/a_new_patent_from_nintendo_went_public_yesterday\/\">old.reddit.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/nintendo-switch\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 2019-09-07T19:13:41+01:00 --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get flexible by Liam Doolan 12 hours ago Nintendo is always trying to improve existing products and the Joy-Con is no exception. While we&#8217;re sure there is one design flaw in this controller many Switch owners would like to see fixed, it seems Nintendo is more interested in coming up with brand new ways to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}