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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel S Figgins, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3404071 ; 3404072 ; 340439 ; 123396 ; 123400 ; 74513 ; 74526 ;
Abstract
A control apparatus produces an electrical signal representative of the position of a manually-operable control member, such as an accelerator pedal. The apparatus includes a rotary member which simulates the position of the control member and which engages a resilient obstruction when it is rotated to a threshold position. This obstruction offers substantial resistance when the rotary member engages it in a first direction, but not when the rotary member engages the obstruction in an opposite second direction.