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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341521 | Limited placement joystick control system A joystick control system includes a first pair and a second pair of fluid enclosed resilient tubes with each pair of tubes having generally parallel spaced pressure sensing portions confined within a support housing with one pair of sensing portions disposed perpen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7194915 | Lever connector test fixture A universally adjustable tool for measuring the force required to throw the lever of a lever-type, two-part, electrical connector. The tool comprises a handle, a base bar to which the handle is slideably attached, and a pair of legs having adaptors to permit the too... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7145477 | Anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system and method The disclosed device is directed toward an anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system. The anti-terrorist aircraft pilot sensor system comprises a pilot sensor including at least one of a biometric sensor and a physiological sensor. An input component is operativel... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6993982 | Stress sensor for electronic devices A stress sensor enduring against long-term use is provided. Accordingly, a substrate (4), which is used as both a sensor part (1) and a supporting part (2), functions as a stress sensor, in which the sensor part (1) has means for deformin... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6904812 | Stress composite sensor and stress measuring device using the same for structure A stress composite sensor has a plurality of sensor elements each including a base plate and a stress sensor disposed thereon for delivering stress signals indicating stress in one direction alone. The sensor elements have the base plates fixed together in a common ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906700 | 3D controller with vibration A hand operated controller or converter structured for allowing hand inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, the controller structured with a plate or platform moveable relative to a base or housing about two mutually perpendicular axes general... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6360622 | Coordinate input device A coordinate input device comprises a base (10) having a plate shaped distortion generating part (12) below a pole shaped operating part which are integrally formed; and a detection sensor (20) having a plurality of distortion gauges (22) (four) and a plu... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6108613 | Probe coordinate system driving apparatus A probe coordinate system driving apparatus in which, in a coordinate measuring machine, a probe can be driven in a direction in conformity with the position of the probe to thereby facilitate probe driving operation through joy stick operation. There is ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5905485 | Controller with tactile sensors and method of fabricating same A controller with a plurality of tactile sensors and a method of fabricating the controller is disclosed. The controller may be used for one, two or three parameter control in applications requiring manual user control of parameters such as temperature, v... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5859372 | Device for use in manual control of the movement of a real or imaginary object An apparatus for providing translational and rotational control signals comprises a base; a handle; and a suspension system operable to resiliently couple the handle to the base such that the handle may be freely moved in translational and rotational dire... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5835977 | Force transducer with co-planar strain gauges An improved force transducer which may, for example, be used as a joystick control for computer display control. Co-planar strain gauges are configured for response to forces applied in each of three orthogonal directions. A post and underlying ceramic su... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5706027 | Force and torque converter for use in a computer input device A force and torque converter provides an electronic signal in response to at least one of an applied force and an applied torque. The converter includes a base, a movable member that provides movement relative to the base in response to the at least one o... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5591924 | Force and torque converter A force and torque converter is provided which provides an electronic representation of a planarly applied force and a torque applied about an axis that is orthogonal to the plane. The converter includes a base, an actuating member which is relatively dis... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5543592 | Multimode manipulator The manipulator embodying the invention comprises a disk mounted rotatably about an axis by a shaft and capable of pivoting about a center of rotation with elastic return motion towards a home position, a detector which determines the angular position of ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5435729 | Motor control loading system An apparatus and method for simulating a desired response in accordance with an external applied force. The apparatus includes a member which is responsive to the applied force, an actuator coupled to the member for exerting a torque on the member, a forc... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5341689 | Pen force gage for a pen plotter A pen force gage for a pen plotter for determining whether the force of a pen positioned by a pen support onto the surface of a drawing media in the pen plotter falls within an acceptable range. The pen force gage includes structure for aligning or positi... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5335557 | Touch sensitive input control device A family of controllers incorporate multiple force/touch sensitive input elements to provide intuitive input in up to six degrees of freedom, including position and rotation, in either a Cartesian, cylindrical or spherical coordinate system. Six dimension... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5228348 | Strain gauge joystick A strain gauge joystick with an enabling push-button comprises a support part (1). A thin-wall cylindric tube (5) is rigidly fixed, at a first extremity (4), to the supporting part (1). Strain gauges (8a-8d) are fixed on the tube near its first extremity ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5222400 | Force and torque converter A force and torque converter provides command signals representative of a translational applied force and an applied torque extending about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the translational force is applied. The apparatus compr... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5209661 | Motor control desired dynamic load of a simulating system and method An apparatus and method for simulating a desired response in accordance with an external applied force. The apparatus includes a member which is responsive to the applied force, an actuator coupled to the member for exerting a torque on the member, a forc... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5195381 | Lever force gauge A lever force gauge, for measuring the force necessary to pivot a lever, includes a connector for attaching the device to the end of a lever, and a positioner to which a load cell is attached for producing an electrical signal indicative of the force exer... | 03/23/1993 |
| 4947697 | System for measuring force versus position of a flight controller in an aircraft or flight simulator A six-axis force transducer is mounted on the flight controller and provides three independent orthogonal linear force components of the applied force and three independent orthogonal torque components of the applied force. Change in position is measured ... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4876524 | Six-axis joystick control An isometric control device or the like of the type having an elastic beam and strain guages attached to the surface of the beam characterized by at least a first group of three strain guages (D, F, G) each having an operative axis thereof inclined with a... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4811608 | Force and torque converter A force and torque converter provides command signals representative of a translational applied force and an applied torque extending about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis along which the translational force is applied. The apparatus compr... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4795952 | Joystick for three axis control of a powered element A joystick controller (38) for three axis control of a powered element such as a probe shaft (24) of a coordinate measuring machine (10) is disclosed in which a joystick handle assembly (40) is mounted for pivoting movement along either of orthogonal hori... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4758692 | Joystick type control device A multiposition precision joystick type control device having a transducer mode in which an actuator button is movable in any lateral direction away from a neutral position to cause flexure of flexible bar mechanism along one or both of two orthogonally r... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4695963 | Pressure sense recognition control system A pressure sense recognition control system having at least one pressure sensor module for detecting the two-dimensional distribution of the component forces in the three directions in the rectangular coordinate system of a force applied to the pressure r... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4646862 | Floor cleaning machine A floor cleaning machine having a speed control and steering member which operates under operator-applied deformation thereof. The invention provides improved consumer convenience at steering and speed control.... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4586387 | Flight test aid A flight test aid comprising means to measure force that is applied by a pilot to the controls (7) of an aircraft to adjust the control surfaces while manoeuvering the aircraft which utilizes a plurality of sensors (5-6) supported in the interface between... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4555960 | Six degree of freedom hand controller The invention relates to a 6 degree of freedom hand controller. The hand controller includes a handgrip member which is substantially spherical in shape and which includes a point disposed substantially centrally of the member. An elongated shaft member s... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4536746 | Transducer for converting three dimensional mechanical input displacements into a corresponding electrical output signal The present invention can be used either as a joystick controller having three dimensions of control or as a three dimensional pressure sensor for signature verification or other purposes. The invention comprises a flexible web including a first deflectio... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4498348 | Photoelastic sensing device A photoelastic sensing device comprising a photoelastic member of transparent material, first means for supplying polarized light fluxes to the member for transmission therethrough along a plurality of respective paths, and second means for receiving and ... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4493219 | Force transducer An energy conversion and transmission device is disclosed which, in its preferred embodiment, has a rigid substrate with a resistive area printed on its top surface, a spacer of non-conductive material with an aperture therethrough positioned in register ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4479392 | Force transducer A transducer for indicating changes of an applied physical force including a first electrically propertied means connected within an electrical circuit to create an electrical potential across the first means, a second electrically propertied means adapte... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4462015 | Electromagnetic pick-off control handle A joystick mechanism generates output signals corresponding to the X and Y components of a manual command. A transducer mounted in a housing includes a ferromagnetic vane member connected to the bottom of a handle extending into the housing. The transduce... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4437351 | Control stick force transducer In combination with a control stick having a grip handle, a control stick force transducer includes a flexure means having a pair of parallel plates, one secured to the grip handle and one secured to the control stick and at least three compliant columns ... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4420808 | Multi-axis force stick, self-trimmed aircraft flight control system A four axis force stick provides signals indicative of force applied to the stick in an axis corresponding to a control axis of an aircraft, including pitch, roll, yaw and lift/speed. The force-related signals are applied through proportional and integral... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4348142 | Six-axes manipulator A six-axes manipulator consists of a central tubular support 30 equipped with four bearings A, B, C, D at 90° 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 se... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4217569 | Three dimensional strain gage transducer There is provided a single lever joystick having movement in X and Y directions and rotation about a further axis Z wherein axes X, Y and Z are substantially perpendicular. The joystick can be moved in all three senses at the same time. Movement of the jo... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4216467 | Hand controller 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 directio... | 08/05/1980 |
