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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:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Mario M. Orrico, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel J. Danek, Berwyn, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mario M. Orrico, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel J. Danek, Berwyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc, Glenview, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/94 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A joystick module in which a toggle arm controls movement of a plurality of shutters, with each shutter arranged between a light receiver and a light emitter. Control of the light from the light receiver to the light emitter of each pair provides signal information for controlled operation of an activity.