US 2002/0117017 A1 · Control Lever

Abstract

A control lever controls movement of a system to be controlled. The control lever includes a manually operable handgrip attached to a platform. At least six connecting elements are arranged between the platform and a fixed console. Length sensors sense the length of the connecting elements, and/or force sensors senses forces acting on the connecting elements. A control unit evaluates the sensor signals and generates a control signal for controlling movement of the system. The connecting elements are be arranged in the form of a hexapod. The connecting elements may be telescoping members or rigid fixed length members.

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Dependent claims

A control lever for controlling movement of a system to be controlled, the control lever comprising:

a manually operable handgrip coupled to a platform;
a plurality of connecting elements which couple the platform to a fixed console;
a plurality of sensors, each sensor being associated with a corresponding one of the connecting elements and generating a parameter signal associated with the corresponding connecting element;
and
a control unit for processing the parameter signals and generating a control signal for controlling the system.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/977,437Filed 15 Oct 2001

Priority

DE 101 11 609.810 Mar 2001

Published

29 Aug 2002

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

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
G05G 9/04737
The controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks: with six degrees of freedom
Y10T 74/20201
Multiple controlled elements: control moves in two planes
Y10T 74/20213
Multiple controlling elements for single controlled element: interconnected

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