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US 11,972,700 B1Granted
Adjustable mount for joystick in flight simulator
AssigneeMVRsimulation Inc.
InventorBrian Young
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Abstract
An adjustable control structure for a flight simulator includes a chair having a support frame and a seat. The adjustable control structure further includes a mounting arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the mounting arm rotatably coupled to the support frame by a first coupling mechanism. The adjustable control structure also includes a mounting platform rotatably coupled to the second end of the mounting arm by a second coupling mechanism. The mounting platform is configured to receive a flight control instrument.
Claims12
An adjustable structure for a flight simulator comprising:
- a chair having a support frame and a seat, the seat having a sitting surface;
- a mounting arm having a first end and a second end, wherein the mounting arm, at a first location of the mounting arm, is rotatably coupled to the support frame beneath the sitting surface by a first coupling mechanism having a planar joint at least partially overlapped by the sitting surface;
- a mounting platform rotatably coupled to the mounting arm at a second location of the mounting arm, displaced from the first location along a length of the mounting arm, by a second coupling mechanism,
- wherein the mounting platform is configured to receive a flight control instrument.
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