Patent ID: 8100030
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: B62D,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A joystick for controlling the functions of machines and/or vehicles, having: an electromotor; a reduction gear; a spring action reset device; a leaf-spring arrangement; a pivoting lever; a joint part; an actuator which can be moved in different directions by means of a joint having at least two degrees of freedom, whereby back-and-forth motions of said actuator occurring in a first plane are subjected to an active force feedback from said electromotor and said reduction gear, and the back-and-forth motions of said actuator which occur in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane are subjected to a passive force feedback from said spring-action reset device, wherein: said reduction gear is connected on an output side to said actuator via said leaf-spring arrangement which connects said pivoting lever to said joint part.