US 11,993,916 B2Granted

Operating element and manufacturing method for an operating element

AssigneeElobau GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsFlorian Morent, Martin Walter

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Abstract

An operating element for operating a machine by an operator in which control lines for connecting the control lever with a control unit in at least a paired design is provided. A first wiring harness and a second wiring harness run along the control lever to the receptacle. The first wiring harness runs from a first starting point to the receptacle and the second wiring harness runs from a second starting point to the receptacle. The first starting point and second starting point are arranged at a distance from the receptacle. The first wiring harness at a first connection point is connected to the receptacle, and the second wiring harness at a second connection point is connected to the receptacle. The first and the second connection point are arranged separately from each other on a straight connecting line, and the connecting line runs through a central axis of the control lever.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An operating element for operating a machine by an operator, wherein the operating element comprises:

a control lever pivotably mounted around a pivot point,
a first wiring harness and a second wiring harness each containing a plurality of control lines for connecting the control lever to a control unit,
a receptacle for receiving the control lines,
wherein the first wiring harness and the second wiring harness run spirally around a central axis of the control lever to the receptacle, wherein the first wiring harness and the second wiring harness differ or do not differ in their sense of rotation,
wherein the first wiring harness runs from a first starting point to the receptacle and the second wiring harness runs from a second starting point to the receptacle,
wherein the first starting point and the second starting point are arranged separately from the receptacle,
wherein the first wiring harness is connected to the receptacle at a first connection point,
wherein the second wiring harness is connected to the receptacle at a second connection point,
wherein the first connection point and the second connection point are arranged separately from each other on a straight connecting line,
wherein the straight connecting line runs through the central axis of the control lever.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/895,261Filed 25 Aug 2022
Priority: DE 10 2021 122 292.327 Aug 2021
Published: US 2023/0064670 A12 Mar 2023
Granted: 28 May 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

E02F 9/2004
Drives; Control devices: control mechanisms, e.g. control levers
B60R 16/0215
Wire harnesses: protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
E02F 9/2058
Drives; Control devices: electric or electro-mechanical or mechanical control devices of vehicle sub-units
G05G 9/047
In which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously: the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks

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US 2023/0064670 A1Pre-grant publication · published 2 Mar 2023
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