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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Methode Electronics Malta Ltd., Birkirkara, MT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
METHODE ELECTRONICS MALTA LTD., Birkirkara, MT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 9/047 (2006.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); H01H 21/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04755 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01); H01H 21/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A joystick has a lever and a housing. The lever is pivotable around a pivot axis. The joystick has a support plate carrying at least one sensor. The sensor has at least one coil generating a magnetic field. An eddy current is induced into the coil. At least one metal flag is movable relative to the coil. The motion of the metal flag coincides with the tilting motion of the lever.