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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:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Willomitzer, Frankfurt/M., DE;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74531 ;
Abstract
A lever (14) is fixed to a shaft (15) which can be connected to a rotation shaft (19) of a device such as a potentiometer. The shaft (15) is journaled in a pair of support plates (10, 11) which are rigidly connected to one another, and brake discs (23) having brake linings (22) are arranged between the lever (14) and the support plates (10, 11). Cup springs (24) provide a spring force acting transversely to the operational direction of the lever (14), so that frictional forces provided by the brake linings (22) assure a smooth and jolt free operation of the lever (14).