Patent ID: 8344914

Claim:
An intelligent multi-axial intuitive joystick suitable for use by both left-handers and right-handers comprising: a primary joystick member for control along X- and Y-axes, a small secondary joystick member for control along Z- and C-axes, and a pushbutton switch, wherein the small secondary joystick member and the pushbutton switch are provided on the primary joystick member; the primary joystick member comprises therein, from bottom to top, a box-shaped base, a control mainboard, a copper-ring fixing seat, an upper copper ring, a lower copper ring, a ball stick, a magnet provided at a lower end of the ball stick, a fulcrum ring, a cross-shaped non-diagonal direction limiting element, a sliding block, a spring, a handle base, an angle fixing plate, a rotating seat, a flat washer, an indicator lamp ring, an indicator lamp circuit board, a handle upper cover, a rubber dust guard, a main-body fixing plate, and a base upper cover, so as to form a hand-operated joystick member; the handle upper cover has a top end formed with a first hole and a lateral portion formed with a second hole, wherein one of the first and second holes is configured to receive the pushbutton switch, and the other of the first and second holes is configured to receive the small secondary joystick member for control along the Z- and C-axes; the small secondary joystick member comprises a secondary-axis fixing nut, a secondary-axis base main body resting partially on the secondary-axis fixing nut, and an O-ring sandwiched therebetween, wherein the secondary-axis fixing nut receives therein the secondary-axis base main body, a secondary-axis ball stick, a secondary-axis upper copper ring, a secondary-axis lower copper ring, a secondary-axis copper-ring spacer, a control secondary circuit board, a secondary-axis fixing cover, and a secondary-axis fixing seat, the secondary-axis ball stick extending upward and having an upper part formed as a shaft inserted into a secondary-axis sliding block, wherein a spring is mounted around a neck extending upward from the secondary-axis sliding block and has an upper end inserted into a secondary-axis spring stopping plate and fixed in position by a C-ring, and wherein after a secondary-axis rubber dust guard is mounted on the secondary-axis base main body, the secondary-axis rubber dust guard and a secondary-axis knob located thereabove are fixed in position by a secondary-axis upper fixing cover, thus completing the small secondary joystick member; and the secondary-axis ball stick has a ball, whose lower end is fixedly provided with a magnet.