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US 4,216,467 AGranted
Hand controller
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorJohn R. Colston
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Abstract
A hand controller having a control handle member supported by a hexagonal array of three pairs of oppositely-angled force sensors provides for creation of control signals according to degree of input manual effort in any and all linear and rotary directions: left; right; up; down; fore; aft; forward; rearward; leftward and rightward; tilt moments; and clockwise and counterclockwise yaw moments.
Claims5
A hand controller comprising,
- a handle adapted to accept a grip of an operator's hand,
- a handle member attached to such handle,
- a base member anchored relative to said handle member, and
- an array of force sensors in direct-supporting interconnection between said handle member and said base member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.