Patent ID: 7143984

Claim:
A throttle lever for controlling the speed of at least one aircraft engine, said throttle lever ( 1 ) comprising: a control lever ( 2 ); and first and second guide tracks ( 5 , 6 ) and an auxiliary guide track ( 8 ), wherein: said control lever is capable of being pivoted either side of a predetermined position (PO) respectively forward and backward, under manual action of a pilot of the aircraft, and comprises a guidance means ( 3 ) integral with said control lever ( 2 ) and capable of interacting with at least said first and second guide tracks ( 5 , 6 ) which limit movements of said guidance means ( 3 ) and thus of said control lever ( 2 ), said first guide track ( 5 ) allows the control lever ( 2 ) to be moved continuously backward from said predetermined position (PO), to control continuously the speed in reverse thrust, said second guide track ( 6 ), for the forward movement of the control lever, comprises a plurality of detents ( 7 ) capable of receiving said guidance means ( 3 ) in order to allow the control lever ( 2 ) to take one of a plurality of different positions, each of said positions controlling a particular forward speed of said engine, and said auxiliary guide track ( 8 ) allows the control lever ( 2 ) to be moved continuously forward from said predetermined position (PO), to control continuously the forward engine speed.