E02F 9/2012
Setting the functions of the control levers
Official title: {Setting the functions of the control levers, e.g. changing assigned functions among operations levers, setting functions dependent on the operator or seat orientation}
E02F9/2012 (Setting the functions of the control levers) appears on 230 US grants and 321 published applications in this corpus.
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