Connecting mechanism between a control lever and multiple controlled members

• US 3,359,821 A
• Filed: 10/11/1965
• Issued: 12/26/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eugene P. Craven, James M. Norman, Richard G. Beardsley
• Original Assignee: Eugene P. Craven, James M. Norman, Richard G. Beardsley
• Inventors: Beardsley, Richard G., Craven, Eugene P., Norman, James M.
• Application Number:
  US04/494,673
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• US Class Current: 74/471.00R
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 13/044 operated by feet, e.g. pedals
• CPC Class Codes: B64C 25/44 Actuating mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G05G 1/305 Compound pedal co-operating with two or more controlled members
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 50/40 Weight reduction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20012 Multiple controlled elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20189 Foot operated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20528 Foot operated

Claims

1. A CONNECTING MECHANISM BETWEEN A CONTROL LEVEL AND MULTIPLE CONTROLLED MEMBERS COMPRISING A BEAM, A FIRST PIVOTAL CONNECTION AT ONE END OF SAID BEAM FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LEVER, A SECOND PIVOTAL CONNECTION CARRIED BY SAID BEAM FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, A LINEARLY ADJUSTABLE SHAFT DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID BEAM, A CRANK ON ONE END OF SAID SHAFT, A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OUTER END OF SAID CRANK TO SAID LEVER IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID FIRST PIVOTAL CONNECTION, AND TORQUE TRANSFER MEANS CONNECTABLE TO ANOTHER OF SAID MEMBERS CONNECTED TO THE OUTER END OF SAID SHAFT.