Locking Mechanism for a Potentiometer

A locking mechanism for a potentiometer comprises:

• a tubular body;
• an actuation shaft;
• a plurality of splines;
• a plurality of spline-receiving cavities;
• a push-lock mechanism;
• a potentiometer;
• a shaft-receiving hole;
• the plurality of splines being radially positioned about the actuation shaft;
• each of the plurality of splines being laterally connected to the actuation shaft;
• the plurality of splines being positioned adjacent to a grasping end of the actuation shaft;
• the plurality of spline-receiving cavities being radially positioned around the tubular body;
• each of the plurality of spline-receiving cavities laterally traversing into the tubular body from an inner surface of the tubular body;
• each of the plurality of spline-receiving cavities extending from a first end of the tubular body towards a second end of the tubular body;
• the actuation shaft being concentrically and slidably positioned within the tubular body;
• the grasping end of the actuation shaft being positioned adjacent to the first end of the tubular body;
• the push-lock mechanism being mounted offset to the second end of the tubular body, opposite the first end of the tubular body;
• an output coupling end of the actuation shaft being bistably coupled to the tubular body by the push-lock mechanism;
• the potentiometer comprises a housing body and a wiper pin;
• the shaft-receiving hole normally traversing into the housing body;
• the tubular body being positioned concentric with the shaft-receiving hole;
• the tubular body being connected adjacent and normal to the housing body;
• the push-lock mechanism, the output coupling end of the actuation shaft, and the wiper pin being positioned within the housing body;
• the push-lock mechanism being positioned opposite the shaft-receiving hole, across the housing body;
• the push-lock mechanism being connected adjacent to the housing body;
• and
• the wiper pin being mechanically coupled to the actuation shaft.