Paramotor throttle locking apparatus
OwnerPierce Osborninventor
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Abstract
The invention described and claimed in this application is a throttle assembly for a paramotor with an integrated locking mechanism which can be engaged to lock the throttle input in any position to maintain level flight. The throttle locking mechanism can be quickly disengaged as needed by squeezing the throttle control lever. The throttle locking mechanism is also able to be tuned when in the locked position as to attain the ideal engine input for level flight. The throttle locking mechanism can be preset and quickly returned to a designated power setting.
Claims19
A throttle control assembly of a paramotor, comprising;
- a throttle control lever having a first end and a second end and being pivotable around a pivot point between the first end and the second end, the second end configured to attach to a control cable attached to a motor of a paramotor, movement of the first end of throttle control lever around the pivot point causing corresponding movement of the second end of the throttle control lever around the pivot point to thereby correspondingly change tension on the control cable and to correspondingly change an output of the motor attached to the control cable;
- a throttle lock coupled to the throttle control lever and movable between a resting position and a locking position;
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- an adjustable catch that engages the throttle lock when the throttle lock is disposed in the locking position to hold the throttle control lever in a fixed position around the pivot point, the fixed position of the throttle control lever providing a corresponding output of the motor connected thereto via the cable.
A throttle control assembly of a paramotor, comprising:
- a throttle control lever having a first end and a second end and being pivotable around a pivot point between the first end and the second end, the second end configured to attach to a control cable attached to a motor of a paramotor, movement of the first end of throttle control lever around the pivot point causing corresponding movement of the second end of the throttle control lever around the pivot point;
- a throttle lock coupled to the throttle control lever and movable between a resting position and a locking position;
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- an adjustable catch that engages the throttle lock when the throttle lock is disposed in the locking position to hold the throttle control lever in a fixed position around the pivot point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.