Patent ID: 8505406
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control device comprising: a reference frame; a stick; a pivot mounting the stick to the reference frame and defining a pivot axis; and an actuator for rotating the stick about the pivot axis, wherein the actuator and the stick are offset from the pivot axis such that when the control device is subjected to an acceleration orthogonal to the pivot axis the mass of the actuator and the mass of the stick generate moments about the pivot axis which act in opposite directions, and wherein the actuator is a rotary actuator having a stator coupled to the stick and a rotor coupled to the reference frame by a drive link, the rotor is configured to rotate relative to the stator about a drive axis which is not co-linear with the pivot axis, and the stator remains fixed in relation to the stick when the stick rotates about the pivot axis.