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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2001
Gerd Bernhardt, Hanichen, DE;
Sergiy Fedotov, Dresden, DE;
Ruslan Rudik, Dresden, DE;
Nicolai Tarasinski, Frankenthal, DE;
Heinz Weiss, Bensheim, DE;
Matthias Lang, Neulingen, DE;
Jurgen Elser, Sechselberg, DE;
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A control lever controls movement of a system to be controlled. The control lever includes a manually operable handgrip attached to a platform. At least six connecting elements are arranged between the platform and a fixed console. Length sensors sense the length of the connecting elements, and/or force sensors sense forces acting on the connecting elements. A control unit evaluates the sensor signals and generates a control signal for controlling movement of the system. The connecting elements are be arranged in the form of a hexapod. The connecting elements may be telescoping members or rigid fixed length members.