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US 11,597,452 B2Granted
Control station for compact vehicles
AssigneeJLG Industries, Inc.
InventorsShane J. Mastronardi, Ignacy Puszkiewicz, Zeno Poltronieri, Roberto Marchesini, Matteo Lavagnini
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Abstract
A vehicle control station includes a hand rest and at least one micro-joystick positioned relative to the hand rest such that the hand rest is configured to locate an operator's hand and fingers in position to operate the at least one micro-joystick. A function enable switch is configured to activate the at least one micro-joystick.
Claims17
A vehicle control station comprising:
- a first hand rest including a forward surface, a side surface, and a back surface;
- at least one first micro-joystick positioned on the forward surface and relative to the first hand rest such that the first hand rest is configured to locate an operator's hand and fingers in position to operate the at least one first micro-joystick;
- and
- a first function enable switch positioned on the side surface and configured to activate the at least one first micro-joystick.
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A vehicle control station comprising:
- a first hand rest;
- at least one first micro-joystick positioned relative to the first hand rest such that the first hand rest is configured to locate an operator's hand and fingers in position to operate the at least one first micro-joystick;
- and
- a first function enable switch configured to activate the at least one first micro-joystick, wherein the first function enable switch is positioned relative to the first hand rest for operation by one of the operator's fingers different from those positioned to operate the at least one first micro-joystick.
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A vehicle control station comprising:
- a first hand rest;
- two first micro-joysticks positioned relative to the first hand rest such that the first hand rest is configured to locate an operator's hand and fingers in position to operate the two first micro-joysticks;
- and
- a function enable switch configured to activate the two first micro-joysticks,
- wherein the first hand rest comprises a finger guard positioned between the two first micro-joysticks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.