Human-Machine Interface
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Abstract
The invention relates to a human-machine interface (1), including a first body (10), a second body (11) and a controller (12), the first and second bodies (10), (11) being axially linked and rotatably movable, the first body (10) supporting a platform (100), the second body (11) supporting a feeler (110) in contact with the helical platform (100), and the controller (12) including a sensor (120) outputting a signal depending on the position of the feeler (110) on the platform (100). According to the invention, the human-machine interface includes: urging means (13) for applying a resilient bearing force in order to urge the feeler (110) and the platform (100); the first and second bodies (10), (11) not being axially translatable; and one of the elements consisting of the feeler (110) and the platform (100) being mounted so as to be axially slidable relative to the first and second bodies (10), (11).
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10. A human-machine interface comprising:
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a first body; a second body linked to the first body and aligned along a longitudinal axis (AB), wherein the first body and the second body are rotatably movable within respect to each other around the longitudinal axis (AB) and fixed in translation with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis; a first controller including a first sensor, a helical platform supported by the first body, the helical platform extending a distance from the longitudinal axis and having a tangent plane that is slanted with respect to the longitudinal axis (AB); a feeler supported by the second body and mounted in sliding contact with the helical platform, wherein the sensor of the first controller outputs a first signal depending on a position adopted by the feeler on the helical platform, and wherein one of the feeler and the platform are slidingly mounted along the longitudinal axis (AB) with respect to the first and second bodies; a first urging means for applying a first resilient bearing force to urge the feeler and the helical platform against each other; and a second urging means for exerting a second resilient bearing force that tends to make the first and second bodies closer to each other along the longitudinal axis. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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