Handle for pilot's lever

• US 3,198,922 A
• Filed: 05/22/1962
• Issued: 08/03/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Etienne Rohacs
• Original Assignee: Etienne Rohacs
• Inventors: ETIENNE ROHACS
• Application Number:
  US04/196,680
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• US Class Current: 200/522
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 13/0421 control sticks for primary flight controls
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/06 Details of their grip parts G05G1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 2009/04774 with additional switches or sensors on the handle
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2009/066 having switches mounted on a control handle, e.g. gear shift lever
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 9/06 Casing of switch constituted by a handle serving a purpose other than the actuation of the switch, e.g. by the handle of a vacuum cleaner
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20012 Multiple controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/2063 Stops

Claims

1. AN AIRCRAFT PILOT'"'"''"'"'S HANDLE UNIT HAVING CONTROL BUTTONS THEREON, COMPRISING:

(A) A VERTICALLY DISPOSED PILOT'"'"''"'"'S HANDLE SHAPED TO IMPOSE A FIXED POSITION TO THE PILOT'"'"''"'"'S HAND WHEN GRASPED;

(B) A PAIR OF CONTROL BUTTONS ON THE TOP REAR SURFACE OF SAID HANDLE AND DISPOSED ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER SO THAT EITHER MAY BE ACTUATED BY THE PILOT'"'"''"'"'S THUMB;

(C) ONE OF SAID BUTTONS BEING AN ORDINARY PUSH TYPE UNIT;

(D) THE SECOND OF SAID BUTTONS CONTROLLING THE TRIM SYSTEM OF THE AIRCRAFT;

(E) A THIRD CONTROL BUTTON ON THE FRONT SURFACE OF SAID HANDLE ADJACENT TO THE TOP THEREOF AND IN LINE WITH SAID ONE BUTTON;

(F) A TRIGGER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID HANDLE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND THIRD BUTTONS AND OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO THAT WHEN IN THE INOPERATIVE POSITION IT EXTENDS OVER AND COVERS SAID ONE ELECTRIC CONTROL BUTTON TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL DEPRESSION THEREOF;

(G) THE TRIGGER WHEN IN THE OPERATIVE POSITION EXTENDING DOWN OVER SAID THIRD CONTROL BUTTON SO THAT IT MAY BE PRESSED BY THE FOREFINGER OF THE PILOT TO THEREBY ACTIVATE SAID THIRD CONTROL BUTTON;

AND (H) SAID SECOND CONTROL BUTTON HAVING FOUR POSITIONS FOR DIVE, CLIMB, LEFT TURN, AND RIGHT TURN.