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MINIATURIZED JOYSTICK AND CAM STRUCTURE WITH PUSH BUTTON SWITCH OPERATING MEANS

  • US 3,827,313 A
  • Filed: 01/24/1973
  • Issued: 08/06/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A switch operating mechanism comprising;

  • a housing having a front end portion and a rear end portion, an elongated operating member having a pivot portion intermediate its end pivotally mounted in the front portion, a handle portion extending from the pivot portion outwardly from a front end of the front portion and a stem portion extending rearwardly from the pivot portion in axial alignment with the handle portion, a plurality of radially disposed actuating members with each actuating member reciprocable longitudinally in the housing between a front and a rear position and having a first camming portion and a second camming surface, means in the housing engaging the stem for releasAbly maintaining the operating member including the handle portion in a central portion, said first camming portion having at least one first camming surface arranged to be engaged by the stem portion for moving its associated actuating member from its front to its rear position when the handle portion is pivotally moved in a selected direction from the central position, said second camming surface of each actuating member being located at the rear end of its associated actuating member and arranged to operate a switch when the actuating member is moved from its front to its rear position.

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