Patent ID: 6624807
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A manual control device comprising:a housing; a joystick; and a joint supporting said joystick in said housing to enable said joystick to pivot about two mutually orthogonal axes relative to said housing, wherein said joint is an elastic molded plastic part composed of an interior portion secured to said joystick, a peripheral portion secured to said housing and a connecting portion extending between, and connecting, said interior portion and said peripheral portion, said interior portion has the form of a first cylinder and said peripheral portion has the form of a second cylinder, said first and second cylinders being concentric with one another when said joystick is in a neutral position, and said connecting portion is composed of a thin wall having a frustoconical shape when said joystick is in the neutral position and is stressed, when said joystick is pivoted away from the neutral position, in a manner such that one region of said connecting portion is stressed by expansion and another region of said connecting portion is stressed by compression.