Joystick having height adjustable button or switch
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsUlla Björninen, Vesa Siltanen, Sami Hörkkö
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiment is a control surface for use in a forest machine. The control surface includes a base panel, wherein the base panel comprises multiple buttons and/or switches to be used with an operators hand. A joystick protruding from the base panel. The joystick includes a handle part. The handle part has multiple buttons and/or switches to be used with an operator's hand. The handle part has a thumb button/switch to be used by an operator's thumb. The thumb button is adjustable in the height position in relation to the base.
Claims12
A control surface for use in a work machine, the control surface comprising:
- a base panel, the base panel comprising more than one base button/switch to be used with an operator's hand;
- and
- a joystick protruding from the base panel, the joystick comprising a handle part,
- the handle part having more than one handle button/switch to be used with an operator's hand,
- the handle part having a thumb button/switch to be used with an operator's thumb wherein the thumb button/switch is adjustable in a vertical direction in relation to the base panel;
- wherein the thumb button/switch is held by screws in the handle part;
- and
- wherein the screws are each located in a respective vertically elongated hole in the handle part.
A control surface for use in a work machine, the control surface comprising:
- a base panel, the base panel comprising more than one base button/switch to be used with an operator's hand;
- and
- a joystick protruding from the base panel, the joystick comprising a handle part, the handle part having more than one handle button/switch to be used with an operator's hand,
- the handle part having a thumb button/switch to be used with an operator's thumb wherein the thumb button/switch is adjustable in a vertical direction in relation to the base panel between a plurality of operator positions providing ergonomic selection;
- wherein the thumb button/switch is held by at least one fastener in the handle part, and wherein the at least one fastener is located in a vertically elongated hole in the handle part permitting the ergonomic selection of the operator positions in the vertical direction.
A work machine, comprising:
- a control surface including
- a base panel, the base panel comprising more than one base button/switch to be used with an operator's hand;
- and
- a joystick protruding from the base panel, the joystick comprising a handle part,
- the handle part having more than one handle button/switch to be used with an operator's hand,
- the handle part having a thumb button/switch to be used with an operator's thumb wherein the thumb button/switch is adjustable in a vertical direction in relation to the base panel between a plurality of operator positions providing ergonomic selection;
- wherein the thumb button/switch is held by at least one fastener in the handle part, and wherein the at least one fastener is located in a vertically elongated hole in the handle part permitting the ergonomic selection of the operator positions in the vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.