{"id":630564,"date":"2019-09-06T17:56:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T21:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=630564"},"modified":"2019-09-06T17:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T21:56:32","slug":"nintendo-files-patent-for-hinged-joy-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/nintendo-files-patent-for-hinged-joy-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo files patent for hinged Joy-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The way the Switch Joy-Con is now, there isn&#8217;t room for any flexibility &#8211; making it just like most controllers. You can hold it in your hands or slide it into the system itself, but that&#8217;s about it. Now, however, Nintendo has filed an interesting patent that would give users an extra degree of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, a patent popped up in the official Japanese patent database for a hinged Joy-Con. As shown above, it would allow the device to be moved, and this applies even when the controllers are docked.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos from the patent:<\/p>\n<div\n\tclass=\"ngg-galleryoverview ngg-ajax-pagination-none\"\n\tid=\"ngg-gallery-be101d10200b99864cb4f285aa26cfa3-1\">\n\n    \t\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\" >\n\t\t\t\t        <div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/nggallery\/hinged-joy-con-patent\/joy-con-patent-5.jpg\"\n               title=\"\"\n               data-src=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/nggallery\/hinged-joy-con-patent\/joy-con-patent-5.jpg\"\n               data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/nggallery\/hinged-joy-con-patent\/thumbs\/thumbs_joy-con-patent-5.jpg\"\n               data-image-id=\"128661\"\n      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href=\"https:\/\/ipforce.jp\/patent-jp-A-2019-146737\">here.<\/a><\/b> Of course, it&#8217;s entirely in Japanese. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ipforce.jp\/patent-jp-A-2019-146737\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The way the Switch Joy-Con is now, there isn&#8217;t room for any flexibility &#8211; making it just like most controllers. 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