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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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Carlson, Wilmette, IL (US);
David Treadwell, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
MPC Products, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74527 ; 74425 ; 74 8914 ; 464 39 ;
Abstract
A detent assembly and control lever assembly in which the tactile resistance to movement at the detent, and in the overall movement of the control arm, are concurrently increased or decreased. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a control lever arm assembly, a variable resistance detent assembly, and a control lever friction assembly whose movement is linked to that of the detent assembly.