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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4246452 | Switch apparatus A switch apparatus having first and second surfaces with conductive pattern segments thereon in proximate spaced overlying relation, each of the patterns being generally identical and having a circular array of alternating solid and interleaved conductive... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4245137 | Multi-function electrical controlling device An electrical controlling device with a single actuating lever, which may be either twisted about its long axis to activate a first electrical controlling means, or tilted about at least one tilt axis perpendicular to its long axis in order to activate a ... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4237629 | Apparatus for actuating the operation of a snowplow A snow plow having a blade movable by a plurality of drive devices actuated by switch members is controllable by a stick shift having a hand grip at one end and contacts at the other end for engagement with the switch members. The stick shift is pivotal f... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4230916 | Multiway change-over switch having joy-stick actuator A multiway change-over switch which comprises an insulated casing defining a switching chamber therein and having a lobed opening in an upper portion, an upper terminal positioned on the undersurface of the top wall of the switching chamber, a rocking cha... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4218702 | Means for remote control of an aircraft video system for surveying ground activity A method of remote control of an aircraft video system and means especially adapted for carrying out said method. An aircraft carries a technical container comprising at least one TV camera monitored by a TV screen and remotely controlled by a control box... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4201489 | Keyboard actuatable with the aid of the fingers of at least one hand A keyboard which has support frame, or several rows of key units. Each key is movable out of an initial inoperative position by the tip of the index finger. The key of each key unit of a guide key row has a key rod and a top face on one end of the key rod... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4181827 | Joy stick switch An electrical control device having a joystick operator normally biased to a central position by resiliently biased rigid strips secured to a base plate. The joystick operator is pivoted in anyone of a plurality of directions through a 360° arc. No more ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4171470 | Multi-pole switch A multi-pole switch includes a wobble stick type actuator provided with a contactor engaging the free end portions of a plurality of displaceable resilient inner pin contacts having their base portions fixedly mounted in a support member. A plurality of s... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4161726 | Digital joystick control 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 th... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4144424 | Switch for vehicle transmission with automatic clutch A switch is incorporated in a shift knob mounted to a gear shift lever for limited movement and includes a stationary contact and three mutually insulated contact fingers cooperable with the stationary contact. The contact arrangement is such that manipul... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4124787 | Joystick controller mechanism operating one or plural switches sequentially or simultaneously A joystick controller assembly for generating switch closures in response to X-Y manual movements includes an elongate lever arm or handle disposed to be tipped through an operating arc in any direction from the axis of the handle for closing switches. In... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4095791 | Cartridge programmable video game apparatus A video game apparatus for connection to a standard television set and including an electronics-containing console having a plurality of parameter selection buttons and a chute mechanism for receiving a replaceable cartridge-containing supplementary elect... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4093953 | Control stick assembly for radio control equipment A movable control stick is urged by springs toward a neutral position. A radio signal generated responsive to displacement of the control stick is transmitted to a remote element to be controlled. The remote element is displaced responsive to the radio si... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4057701 | Control lever A control system for a pair of hydraulic lift actuators for adjusting the position of a blade-carrying frame of a motor grader includes a pair of control levers respectively operatively connected to a pair of direction control valves which are, in turn, r... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4052578 | Multiple cam, multiple position switch control mechanism with joy-stick type operator operable in x-y planes The invention is a control mechanism for selectively operating one or more motive devices, such as multiple-speed electric motors, either separately or simultaneously in any combination of the speed capabilities thereof. In particular, the present control... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4045630 | Chin activated switch A chin activated switch for use in adjusting the movement of a binocular microscope along three orthogonal axes allows the operator to utilize his hands and feet to control other devices. This chin switch contains a plurality of microswitches which are ac... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4040647 | Manual controller for vehicle level adjustment A manual controller for tripping or actuating switches used to energize j motors associated with a vehicle-raising or lowering mechanism, e.g a missile launch trailer or mobile home. The controller uses the "joy stick" principle, wherein the human operat... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4041258 | Switch having universal type actuator and guide plate A four-way lever switch which can occupy four different switching positions by moving the shift lever and which upon release of the shift lever, it and its apertaining parts at once return to their neutral positions. In the switch, a block carrying movabl... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4029915 | Miniaturized calculator keyboard switch assembly having universally pivoted key actuators A portable electronic calculator comprises a calculator body which supports a keyboard consisting of a single elongated row of keys each of which is adapted to be tilted in any one of four directions by the finger tip of a user to input a selected one of ... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4027119 | Multi-directional switching mechanism for controlling plural load circuits A driving power source and one or more load circuits are arranged in prescribed terminal contact with a revolving ball comprised of a pair of electro-conductive hemispheres and an intervening electro-insulating portion in such an arrangement that activati... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4026048 | Multiple circuit control A control lever extends through a cruciform opening in a control box and inside of the box fixed electrical contacts surround its inner end in an array corresponding to the shape of the cruciform opening. A common electrical contact is connected to the le... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4016775 | Finger actuated controller 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 cant... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3988556 | Switching apparatus An on-off switch comprising a contact element of conductive elastomeric material for establishing a current path between a plurality of terminals, and an actuating member for imparting a compressing force to the contact element. When the actuating member ... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3965315 | Universally mounted, pivoted key actuctor and associated switch assembly A switch construction, particularly a rapid data entry switch for connecting one or more select contact circuits comprises a first block member which has a first finger engagement side and an opposite second side which is arranged in opposition to a secon... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3942148 | Device for simultaneously controlling a plurality of variable resistors A bearing having a spherical bearing surface is attached to an opening formed at the center of the top wall of a casing. The bearing rotatably receives a spherical body having a control shaft which extends through the center of the spherical body and is s... | 03/02/1976 |
