# US 2016/0356019 A1 · Unmanned control system of operation lever for operating device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0356019 A1 - Document ID: US20160356019A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/110,543 - Filed: 2014-02-24 - Published: 2016-12-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-20 - Assignees: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus - Applicants: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus - Inventors: Chang Soo HAN; Min Sung KANG; Seung Hoon LEE; Myeong Su GIL; Sung Jin LIM; Si Hwan MOON; Yong Seok LEE; Sang Ho KIM - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160356019A1 ## CPC - E02F 9/2004: {Control mechanisms, e.g. control levers (control levers per se G05G)} - E02F 9/205: {Remotely operated machines, e.g. unmanned vehicles (E02F3/8866 takes precedence)} - G05G 1/00: Controlling members, e.g. knobs or handles; Assemblies or arrangements thereof; Indicating position of controlling members (joysticks G05G9/04; steering wheels for motor vehicles B62D) - E02F 3/325: {Backhoes of the miniature type} - G05G 9/047: the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks {(for switches H01H25/04)} - E02F: DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C49/00) - G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) ## Abstract An unmanned control system of an operation lever for operating a device includes: a mountable operation unit which is attachably and separably coupled to an operation lever for operating a device and manipulates the operation lever; and an operation unit control part which moves the operation lever coupled to the mountable operation unit by remotely controlling the mountable operation unit, in which the mountable operation unit has the same degree of freedom as the operation lever. The unmanned control system may lower a center of gravity of the mountable operation unit, thereby precisely controlling the operation lever and improving intuition with respect to the movement of the operation lever and the mountable unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An unmanned control system of an operation lever for operating a device comprising: a mountable operation unit which is attachably and separably coupled to an operation lever for operating a device and manipulates the operation lever; and an operation unit control part which moves the operation lever coupled to the mountable operation unit by remotely controlling the mountable operation unit, wherein the mountable operation unit has the same degree of freedom as the operation lever. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The unmanned control system of claim 1, wherein the mountable operation unit includes: a link adapter which is separably and attachably mounted on the operation lever; a base adapter which is mounted in a cockpit of the device; and a drive unit which is mounted on the base adapter and operates the link adapter. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The unmanned control system of claim 2, wherein the link adapter includes: a guide rod which is connected to the drive unit; a sliding member which slides on the guide rod; a lever fastening member which is coupled to the operation lever; and a link member which connects the lever fastening member and the sliding member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The unmanned control system of claim 3, wherein the link adapter further includes a rotary link member which connects the link member with the sliding member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The unmanned control system of claim 4, wherein the link member includes a support portion which is connected to the lever fastening member, and a connecting portion which extends in a direction parallel to a center of the support portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The unmanned control system of claim 5, wherein the connecting portion extends from the support portion in a state in which the connecting portion is eccentric from the center of the support portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The unmanned control system of claim 6, wherein an inclination compensation member is provided between the link member and the lever fastening member, and the inclination compensation member includes a parallel maintaining portion which is in contact with the lever fastening member and an inclination maintaining portion which is in contact with the support portion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The unmanned control system of claim 6, wherein one end of the rotary link member is rotatably connected to the link member and the other end thereof is rotatably connected to the sliding member. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The unmanned control system of claim 8, wherein the sliding member includes a linear bushing which moves along the guide rod. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The unmanned control system of claim 8, wherein a rotation center of one end of the rotary link member and a rotation center of the other end thereof are orthogonal to each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The unmanned control system of claim 3, wherein the guide rod is formed to have a length which prevents the sliding member from being separated from an upper end of the guide rod. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The unmanned control system of claim 8, wherein the base adapter includes a base portion which is fixed to a lever housing in which a lower end of the operation lever is positioned, and a motor support portion which extends from the base portion and on which the drive unit is mounted. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The unmanned control system of claim 12, wherein a through hole through which the operation lever passes is formed in the base portion, and a concave stepped portion is formed between the through hole and an edge of the base portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The unmanned control system of claim 13, wherein the base portion further includes a clamp which is fastened to an upper end of the lever housing and an edge of the through hole. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The unmanned control system of claim 12, wherein the drive unit includes a first motor which is mounted on the motor support portion and a second motor which is provided to be rotatable by driving power of the first motor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The unmanned control system of claim 15, wherein the first motor is fixedly installed on the motor support portion and the second motor is connected to an output shaft of the first motor and rotatably installed on a second motor support portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The unmanned control system of claim 16, wherein a lower end of the guide rod is rotatably connected to an output shaft of the second motor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The unmanned control system of claim 17, wherein the output shaft of the first motor is parallel to a rotation center of the other end of the rotary link member and the output shaft of the second motor is parallel to a rotation center of one end of the rotary link member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The unmanned control system of claim 2, wherein the link adapter and the base adapter are connected with the operation lever so as to define a closed linkage. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The unmanned control system of claim 1, wherein the mountable operation unit transmits driving power to the operation lever in a serial manner.