Patent ID: 6064369
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
A joystick controller, comprising:a housing having a plurality of potentiometers provided thereona hollow shell bearing born inside the housing rotatably in one direction;a first pair of auxiliary arms provided on either side of the shell bearing and extending outwardly therefrom;an intermediate bearing born inside the shell bearing rotatably in a direction orthogonal to the shell bearing;a joystick provided rockably on the intermediate bearing and extending upwardly of the housing through one of a first pair of guide slots formed in the shell bearing;a core bearing pivoted inside the intermediate bearing rotatably in a same direction as the intermediate bearing; anda second pair of auxiliary arms provided on the core bearing, rockably born inside the housing, and extending in a direction orthogonal to the first pair of auxiliary arms through an aperture formed in the intermediate bearing and a second pair of guide slots formed in a direction orthogonal to the first pair of guide slots in the shell bearing;the first and second auxiliary arms being coupled to rotating shafts of the potentiometers, respectively.