Control moves in two planes

A manipulator is described for moving a platform in translation in a plane. An actuator is mounted for rotation about an axis aligned parallel with the plane. A manual control lever is pivotly supported by the actuator which engages the platform through a similarly pivotly mounted coupling device. The...     

Four direct current motor systems are controlled by a single hand grip cool device. Two of the motor systems have interacting control parameters while the remaining two are controlled independently of the other motor systems. The hand operated control mechanism is moved about three mutually perpendicular...     

A pick-up head for the manipulation of workpieces comprised of tacky material includes a rocker foot capable of four degrees of motion. The pick-up head is mounted on a horizontally movable carriage and includes controllable apparatus for causing the rocker foot to rotate, reciprocate vertically with...     

A mount suspension system comprising a housing, a flexible planar diaphragm and a flexible strut is arranged to respond to a force to provide substantially frictionless angular steering for the mount about desired axes in the plane of the diaphragm while restraining substantially all other angular mount...     

An improved compression pivot and support combination as for remote control rearview mirrors and the like, having an arcuate lobe integrally depending from a bar and the bar including integral spherical extensions at the ends thereof and wherein the connecting bar has a triangular cross section configuration...     

A remote-control maneuvering apparatus for a ship having two sets of Z type propelling apparatus, comprising a maneuvering handle adapted to be inclined at any angle about a predetermined point and to be moved in its longitudinal direction, ahead and astern, switching transmitting apparatus adapted to...     

Manipulator operating switches with the aid of a lever moving around a knuckle. The lever is associated with two rectangular devices each of which being returned to the inoperative position by two levers each one associated with a spring. Advantageous arrangement in manipulators controlling lifting gear.

The invention relates to a position device which rides over a surface for controlling a cursor over a visual display. The device generates signals indicative of its position to cause the cursor to be displayed on the display at a corresponding position. The device includes a control mechanism that comprises...     

Remote shift for a vehicle in which a shift lever at a remote station operates transmission gears in a motor vehicle by operating a piston and valve which produce and control hydraulic pressure which operates actuating pistons at the gears.

An aircraft fly-by-wire flight controller requiring essentially only hand motion or rotation about a fixed center point residing in the centerline of the palm grip of the pilot's hand to thereby avoid problems with arm movement, and wherein the flight controller consists of a formed grip to fit the grasp...     

A finger actuated control device having a member movable in a plane about a eutral position whereby the distance moved from the neutral position is proportional to the value of the control adjustment of a system being controlled. The movable member is cantilevered away from the operator from an upper...     

A uni-lever system for controlling operation of multiple functions. A uni-lever is coupled to linkage for actuating the multiple functions and supported for pivotal movement through a spherical bearing permitting controlled movement in predetermined planes effecting corresponding movement of the actuating...     

A single lever control for actuating a pair of adjacent mechanisms such as valves spools in which a pair of actuating arms are supported for pivotal movement about intersecting axes and in which a control lever is supported for universal movement about the intersection of the axes for transmitting movement...     

An apparatus for automatically positioning a wire bonding machine at a second bond position is provided with a plurality of individually adjustable second bond positioning devices set at second bond positions and cooperable with second bond positioning actuating means. After positioning a semiconductor...     

A cable actuating lever is disclosed wherein the lever is operable when shifted in any direction within a 360.degree. range. This mechanism is easily attached to the handle bars of bicycles, motorcycles, and similar vehicles where a readily accessible manual control means is required to actuate braking,...     

An apparatus mountable on a toilet so to wash and clean an individual's private parts; the apparatus including a rotatable brush powered by water, and the brush additionally spraying water so to wash while the brush gently scrubs; the brush being fully adjustable in position by a handle located alongside...     

A base for ophthalmological instruments includes a housing within which is mounted a guide plate to which an ophthalmological instrument may be attached. The guide plate extends through an opening in the side of the housing and is mounted on bearings which permit translational movement of the plate along...     

A hydraulic control valve assembly for use in an excavating vehicle to control the hydraulic motors which control the slew movement, boom, dipper and excavating bucket of the vehicle. The assembly comprises two pairs of valves mounted in a base structure, each pair of valves being controlled by an operating...     

In a control device of the "joystick" type in which movement of a single control lever is resolved into two orthogonal components, each component is represented by movement of one of a pair of pivoting members. Each such pivoting member has a respective coupling member mounted thereon for angular movement...     

A single-control lever mounted in a pivot assembly is movable in an arc in first and second directions in one plane to impart motion through a cam arrangement to a first push rod and cable assembly so that the first push rod and cable assembly moves equal amounts in the same direction upon movement of...     

The controlling lever of the mechanism for use in civil work machines or cargo winches is supported by a spherical bearing so as to be tiltable in any direction by any inclination angle. Four horizontal shafts are provided to extend in the +X, -X, +Y and -Y directions of a rectangular coordinate about...     

Control apparatus has first and second assemblies which each have a work element. The work elements are movable between a first position at which the work elements are fully retracted and a second position at which the work elements are fully extended. A single lever mechanism controllably moves the...     

Control apparatus is provided for a mechanism which has first, second and third work elements each movable between a first position at which the work element is fully retracted and a second position at which the work element is fully extended. The control apparatus includes a single lever device for...     

A helicopter control system for controlling cyclic pitch, collective pitch, throttle and rudder. A handle is secured to a vertical shaft slidable or telescopic within a cylindrical tube. A locking device permits the tube and shaft to be moved as a unit to control cyclic pitch. Vertical movement of the...     

A control system for operating a plurality of controlled devices forming part of a vehicle that has an operator's seat which includes an arm rest which is pivotally supported on the frame and is movable in the fore-and-aft direction to operate at least one of the controlled devices. The arm rest pivotally...     

A two axis controller for controlling a tanker aircraft in-flight refueling boom while maneuvering prior to engagement with the receiver aircraft and including a boom load alleviation system after engagement. Movement of the control stick is transmitted mechanically to a position transducer. The transducer...     

The disclosure is of a sporting vehicle which is the combination of a frame mounted on at least three ground wheels two of which are steerable, a driving engine on the frame, a foot board tiltable about a transverse axis for controlling the speed of the engine and also tiltable about a longitudinal axis...     

A two cable differential and push-pull system uses both cables simultaneously to operate a controlled device. The two cables are tensioned together or pushed together, or one cable is tensioned while the other is pushed, to operate a single device. Controls which have used separate cables for separate...     

A joystick mechanism for transducing vector motion of an end of a joystick into its X and Y components including: an X-potentiometer having a body and a shaft, a bracket for mounting the body of the X-potentiometer to a surface, a Y-potentiometer having a body and a shaft, a rod connecting the shaft...     

A digital joystick control includes an elongated shaft member having a spherical ball at one end thereof. First and second socket members are coupled to the joystick to provide a swivel joint between the ball and the socket members enabling movement of the shaft about the ball in any direction; movement...     

A prime mover assembly comprising a prime mover and a control therefor, said control having a lever movable in a first plane to vary the rotational speed of said prime mover and movable in a second plane to stop said prime mover.

The actuating knob is biased to a center (off) position and can be actuated in opposite directions in each of two planes. Actuation in one plane serves to actuate either of two switches. Actuation in the other plane will actuate either of the same two switches but prior to actuating the switch will mechanically...     

A control mechanism for hydraulic system having three sets of hydraulic units and single control lever for controlling all said three sets of the units individually or in unison. The control mechanism comprises a stud having a ball fixedly secured to a vehicle frame, a socket mounted on the ball of said...     

A control apparatus has a single control handle, first and second work elements, and first and second ramps each contacting a respective work element. Apparatus is further provided for selectively, progressively pivoting only one of the ramps in response to controllably moving the single control handle....     

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;...     

The hand control mechanism has the ability to receive two alternative modes of input for the given mode of output. The mechanism includes a handled lever extending into a housing rotatably mounted to a frame, and a bell crank rotatably mounted to said housing. The handled lever can be moved longitudinally...     

The present invention is directed to mechanical handling machinery and equipment or load handling devices (manipulators). The device of the invention comprises a housing accommodating a number of distributors made as spring-opposed directional control spool valves movable from an actuating member. One...     

An electrical control device having a joystick or lever manually movable in the X and Y directions to actuate a pair of electrical components having respective rotatable shafts. The controller includes a housing having a top cover provided with an opening through which the lever extends. The lower end...     

A three axes controller comprises a support platform in which a first carriage is mounted for movement in a first direction fore and aft of a first neutral position. A second carriage is mounted on the first carriage for movement in the direction of a second axis fore and aft of a second neutral position....     

A front wheel drive narrow track passenger and/or cargo vehicle possesses some of the maneuverability of a motorcycle while providing the comparative safety and greater utility of a four wheeled automotive vehicle. Steering and tilting of the vehicle is counteract centrifugal force on curves is under...     

An adjusting mechanism (92) is provided between a valve spool (62) and a valve actuating lever (26) whereby with the lever (26) locked in a selected position, the mechanism (92) is manipulated to move an element (99) carried by the valve spool (62) into alignment with an indicator (110) that has been...     

A control stick assembly has a crank coupling the control stick to the input shaft of one potentiometer and a bail coupling the control stick to the input shaft of the other potentiometer. There are no other connections between the control stick and the remainder of the assembly to bear loads exerted...     

A six-axes manipulator consists of a central tubular support 30 equipped with four bearings A, B, C, D at 90.degree. to each other, disposed in a plane XOY perpendicular to the axis ZZ' of the tubular support, a ring 110 with a diameter larger than that of a section of the tubular support, the ring carrying...     

A joystick controller in which a conventional handle is moveable radially with respect to its axis relative to an axial pivot location from the nominal rest position of the handle is disclosed. A plurality of pressure-actuated switches are disposed in a common plane normal to the axis of the handle in...     

A lever operated control for two transverse shafts connected for rotating drive control devices. The lever rotates in a first plane normal to a shaft and in second plane in the direction of the shaft. Two spring elements connect the shafts and lever maintaining the lever in a neutral position until operated.

An improved two-axis electromechanical controller for controlling a dynamic process is described herein and comprises a hand grip coupled to two gimbal elements having mutually perpendicular axes of rotation, adjustable spring centering means mounted eccentric to the said axes of rotation and an adjustable...     

A manually-operable joystick is mounted for universal pivoting motion as by means of spherical bearing and journal means and is biased toward a neutral position so as to return automatically thereto upon release of manual constraint.

A twin control lever arrangement for the control of three functions such as hydraulic valves. The arrangement includes a first control lever (10) mounted on a first mounting means (12) for pivoting about first (A) and second (B) perpendicular axes to operate first and second functions respectively and...     

A trackball device includes a housing containing a plurality of rotatable supports and a ball seated thereon with a portion of the ball projecting through an opening in the housing for manual rotation by a user. First and second ones of the supports comprise shafts respectively rotatable about orthogonally...     

A fluid control apparatus is manually operated to actuate one or more fluid responsive devices. The apparatus has a plate supporting a plurality of spool valves. A control rod connected to a bearing member movably mounted on the plate supports a member engageable with the actuator of the spool valves....     

A force control member assembly 1 comprises a force control member unit 2 carried by an intermediate member 3, the intermediate member 3 itself being attached to a fixed bracket 4 by pivot means 5 allowing resilient movement of the intermediate member 3 with respect to the fixed bracket 4 about pitch...     

The invention comprehends a remote control mechanism comprising a control device, a controlled device, and push-pull control links operatively connected at one end to said control device and at the opposite end to said controlled device, said control device being supported for pivotal movement about...     

A combination keyboard/joystick controller is provided in which a joystick shaft is pivotally mounted on one end. The shaft passes through elongated apertures in two parallel plates. Each plate is capable of moving along an axis in response to joystick movement along that axis, and each plate is coupled...     

A joystick assembly includes a relatively soft plastic frame and a relatively hard shaft extending through an opening in the frame which is dimensioned to accommodate limited pivotal movement of the shaft. A metal wear member is insert molded in the frame and has an aperture therethrough congruent with...     

A remote controller is disclosed for controlling the throttle, brake and steering mechanism of a conventional motor vehicle, with the remote controller being particularly advantageous for use by severely handicapped individuals. The controller includes a remote manipulator which controls a plurality...     

A monitor game machine comprising a cock-pit or driver cabin in which a player is seated, a monitor disposed at the front of said cock-pit, and a steering device operated by the player in response to pictures displayed on the screen of said monitor. The driver seat is inclined backward and forward, and...     

A control stick assembly capable of conversion between an automatic return mode and a free-floating mode is disclosed. The control stick assembly comprises a control stick, a pair of potentiometers, linkages coupling the control stick to the potentiometers, spring means for urging the control stick toward...     

Control apparatus for video games has a control handle spaced apart from and joined to a separate housing by a connecting rod. The housing is contoured and securable to a user's arm, and forms an anchor point for manipulation of the control handle. The user may choose between variable resistive controls...     

A control mechanism includes a control lever extending through an opening in a guide plate into a housing where it is pivotally attached. A frustoconical member is slidably mounted on the lever and spring-urged against the opening, tending to return the lever to a control position. A control plate is...     

The trackball device includes two supports for the trackball, each of which has a code wheel associated therewith. The journals on the end of each shaft and the bearing surfaces of the pillow block associated with the shaft are constructed to have substantially point contact and thereby minimize friction.

An improved joystick controller is disclosed in which the controller has a handle which is pivotally mounted in a base. An electrical cord carries the signal generated by the joystick controller from the base. The improvement comprises a ring and a spacer for positioning the ring spaced apart from the...     

A joystick apparatus is disclosed having a minimum number of component parts associated therewith. The joystick apparatus comprises a first potentiometer, a second potentiometer, a bracket interconnected between the shafts of said first and second potentiometers, and a joystick connected to the base...     

A transmission shift mechanism including a shift selector lever mounted on a spherical bearing and a shifting segment mounted on a transverse axis and having a transverse slot receiving said shift selector lever for allowing said lever to pivot transversely for selecting a speed ratio and pivoting fore...     

A lockable control lever arrangement in which a pivotally mounted control lever (10) is provided with linkages (12,13,16,17,18,19) for connecting the control lever with one or more functions to be controlled. A locking device (60) is provided for locking the lever in a given position. The locking device...     

A two lever, three function control apparatus for hydraulic control valves wherein a first control lever end is connected by a first cable to a first hydraulic valve operator, a link perpendicular to the first cable interconnects the first control lever and one leg of a bellcrank rotatable about on axis...     

A controller for producing electrical control signals has a relatively stationary supporting section providing an upwardly facing hand supporting surface and an upward projection, and has a stick-like control section mounted on a first gimbal joint on top of the projection, to swing about pitch and roll...     

An improved ball-type cursor control assembly is provided for controlling the position of a cursor or the like within the field of a video display. The control assembly comprises two orthogonally spaced rotatable traction wheels for supporting the ball at two points substantially at the horizontal equator...     

A camera assembly is provided for photographing a scene or subject from two slightly different positions with controlled three-dimensional effects for subsequent viewing, for example, with the assistance of special eyeglasses having appropriately filtered lenses. The camera assembly comprises a pair...     

A handle assembly for a joystick controller includes a tiltably mounted, elongated, hollow, tubular shaft having an elongated rod extending coaxially therethrough. A helical compression spring is seated in a recess at one end of the shaft and coaxially encircles the rod for engagement with an enlarged-diameter...     

A control device for control cables comprising a housing, a spherical bearing provided with the housing, a main shaft inserted into the spherical bearing, a lever base to which both ends of the main shaft are fixed, ball joints which are pivotally provided with the lever base at positions in the axial...     

A device for individually controlling multiple control functions with one hand comprises a base member movable back and forth and a stick member mounted on the base member to move back and forth with it and swing relative to it. The base member has one portion shaped like a pistol butt, with opposite...     

The trackball device comprises cylindrical first and second supports. First and second code wheels are respectively coupled to the supports and are rotatable therewith. First and second reader means are respectively associated with the first and second code wheels for generating control signals. A ball...     

In a remote shifter for a vehicle transmission, a transmitter unit is located near the vehicle operator while a receiver unit is mounted on the transmission. The transmitter and receiver are coupled by flexible push-pull cables that transfer the motion of a gearshift lever operated by the vehicle operator...     

An angular position sensor comprising a generator coil driven by an oscillator to provide an alternating magnetic field which is symmetrical about an axis, an annular rotor of electrically-conductive or magnetic material such that it distorts the magnetic field around it and arranged so that it is asymmetrical...     

An analog joystick controller includes a handle shaft engageable with two yokes rotatably movable respectively about two perpendicular axes in response to tilting of the handle shaft. The yokes are respectively coupled to the wipers of two potentiometers, the resistance portions of which are fixedly...     

A joystick having a casing, a pair of gimbal plates mounted in the casing each slidable orthogonally with respect to the other and a pair of transducers, a control member of each coupled to a corresponding gimbal plate. A handle is coupled to the casing having a gimbal actuating sphere engaging each...     

A control device 1 comprises an operator lever 2 fast at its lower end with a lever block 3 which carries a ball stud 4 of which the ball 7 is mounted for universal pivoting in a fixed ball housing 8. A cross shaft 13 is mounted for rotation about its axis in the lever block 3, and links 17 are pivotally...     

A transmission operating device comprises: a frame a change speed lever supported on the frame by a first ball joint, a first control cable and a second control cable extending in the plane crossing with an axis of the change speed lever and being arranged substantially parallel to each other, a bell...     

A transmission operating device comprising: a connecting arm of which both ends are connected with ends of two control cables, respectively, and having a first rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a horizontal plane and a second rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a vertical...     

A one-hand-operable control unit for a bridge crane. A cam, rotated by pointing a control handle in the direction toward which it is desired for the bridge crane hoist to be moved, operates switches which connect power to the appropriate motors of the bridge crane to move the hoist longitudinally, laterally,...     

A joystick having a base and a handle. A plurality of potentiometers extending between the base and the handle so that as the handle is moved in any of six degrees of freedom, the resistance of the various potentiometers will change in a pattern which represents the movement.

An inductively coupled position sensing system wherein voltages induced in plural stationary sensor coils are combined and synchronously detected. Variation in the induced voltages results from movement of a drive coil mechanically coupled to a member the position or orientation of which is of interest.

A sailboat steering assembly is provided which has a hiking stick that assumes fixed positions in use, but smoothly responds to any changes induced by manual manipulation of the helmsman. Typical swinging and flopping of the unattended hiking stick are eliminated.

A single-stick control system for helicopters, by which at least four different flight control functions of piloting the craft--cyclic, collective with simultaneous engine throttling, independent throttling for one or more engines and including immediate transition to emergency autorotation--may be performed...     

A transmission operating device comprising: a connecting arm of which both ends are connected with ends of two control cables, respectively, and having a first rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a horizontal plane and a second rotational center for rotating the connecting arm in a vertical...     

A cursor controller has a handle having first and second perpendicular slots disposed in different parallel planes. A first cross-slide is slidably mounted in the first slot and guides the motion of the handle along an x axis. A second cross-slide is slidably mounted in the second slot and guides the...     

The present invention relates to a mechanism for maintaining a gear shift control lever in a neutral position against inadvertent and accidental movement. The mechanism includes a control lever unit movable in a first plane to effect operation of a cable connected to the vehicle transmission direction...     

A control device for producing electrical signals which correspond to manual movements of a stick part and which are used for adjustment of a controlled element has a relatively stationary body part with a hand supporting surface and a stick projecting outward from that surface to be embraced by an operator's...     

Gear shift device for geared vehicular transmission with a rotating shaft vertically disposed in a housing with a coupling lever fastened to the upper end of the former and arranged outside of the housing and with a manual gear shift lever above the rotating shaft linked near its axis to the housing...     

A spoileron control mechanism is shown which provides for separate or simultaneous braking and rolling of the aircraft through operation of spoilers located on the wings. The control mechanism includes a base to which is mounted two pivot brackets 2. Pivotally mounted to the base are two bell cranks...     

A single-lever control lockout for a boom and bucket control lever. The lever is selectively movable in both fore-and-aft and side-to-side directions to control the lowering and raising of the boom and the roll back and dumping of the bucket. A cover encloses the control valve and the control lever extends...     

An improved controller for use in adjusting certain electrical and other values, such as a pair of electrical signals which can be used to actuate a circuit for performing a specific function, such as moving the cursor of a CRT display of a computer. The mechanism includes a rotatable shaft having a...     

A control apparatus for use in a fly-by-wire flight control system. The apparatus comprises a support structure, a tube (22) mounted to the support structure for rotation about the tube lengthwise axis, at least two joysticks (18, 20) mounted to the tube, a coupling bar (24) and sensors (14, 16). Each...     

A gimbal assembly mounted in a housing, particularly in a laser beam manipulator, by which the change of direction for a reflected beam or the like is measured in a second of a degree-of-arc in motion. An element such as a specular one including a mirror is mounted within a gimbal ring subassembly, the...     

A lever is carried in a holder that permits the lever to be pivoted in a complete circle to permit up/down and left/right movement or any position in between. The lever engages a carriage which carries electrical contacts. Movement of the carriage by the lever causes the electrical contacts to move to...     

A control device and system for the operation of a motor vehicle by a single joystick device. The device and system includes a pair of hydraulic cylinders, one connected to and between the vehicle and the brake pedal and the other to and between the vehicle and the acceleration pedal, a position limiting...     

A control mechanism comprising a casing, an operating lever (1) projecting at the top from the casing and arranged to swivel omnidirectionally against a spring-produced resetting force, and at least two transducers arranged according to two orthogonal axes for producing signals being a measure for the...     

When an operator moves the grip member in the first bending direction x or in the second bending direction y or in the third twisting direction z, the three motions are detected by three sensing means independently to drive a slave manipulator in the same way. The master manipulator comprises four members...     

A hand operated control for a rough riding vehicle is disclosed and includes a truncated sphere having a soft hand grip movably mounted thereon. A position sensing mechanism is partially encompassed within said truncated sphere and is connected to the soft hand grip and a computer for sending control...     

An X-Y input device comprises a position sensor, a switch for use in signal processing of the position sensor, and a switch lever actuatable by pressing by the finger the outwardly-projecting key portion to operate the switch to become closed and opened, and a case consisting of a bottom plate and a...