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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Muller, Binningen, CH;
Thomas A Krouskop, Stafford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Clayton Foundation for Research, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 24 ; 2802501 ; 180-65 ; 128 / ;
Abstract
A controller for enabling a person with limited physical abilities to control one or more electrically operated machines. A movable mouthpiece actuates a pressure transducer in response to blowing or sucking air and a plurality of position transducers are connected to and measure the position of the mouthpiece in a plurality of planes. A controller receives the output of the pressure transducer and position transducers and provides control signals to control one or more machines. The operator can calibrate and adjust the controller to compensate for his/her individual disabilities.