Throttle twist grip controller with ring potentiometer assembly
First Claim
1. A throttle twist grip controller assembly comprising:
- a rotatable handle grip;
a throttle housing; and
a ring-shaped potentiometer assembly including a ring-shaped potentiometer housing located in and surrounded by the throttle housing and defining an interior slot with a strip of resistive material located therein, the ring-shaped potentiometer assembly further including a rotatable ring-shaped rotor fitted in the interior slot of the ring-shaped potentiometer housing and including a contactor adapted to slide on and along the strip of resistive material in response to the rotation of the ring-shaped rotor and the ring-shaped rotor being coupled to the handle grip for rotation with the handle grip.
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Abstract
A throttle twist grip controller assembly includes a rotatable hand grip, a throttle housing coupled to the hand grip, and a ring potentiometer assembly located in the throttle housing. In one embodiment, the ring potentiometer assembly is fitted and supported on a sleeve associated with the throttle housing. A ring rotor is seated in the ring potentiometer assembly, surrounds the sleeve of the throttle housing, and includes at least a first tab which couples the rotor to the hand grip for rotation with the hand grip. A second tab on the rotor holds a potentiometer conductor. A spring is fitted and supported on the sleeve of the throttle housing. One end of the spring is coupled to the hand grip and the other end is coupled to the throttle housing for returning the hand grip to idle.
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11 Claims
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1. A throttle twist grip controller assembly comprising:
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a rotatable handle grip; a throttle housing; and a ring-shaped potentiometer assembly including a ring-shaped potentiometer housing located in and surrounded by the throttle housing and defining an interior slot with a strip of resistive material located therein, the ring-shaped potentiometer assembly further including a rotatable ring-shaped rotor fitted in the interior slot of the ring-shaped potentiometer housing and including a contactor adapted to slide on and along the strip of resistive material in response to the rotation of the ring-shaped rotor and the ring-shaped rotor being coupled to the handle grip for rotation with the handle grip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A throttle controller assembly comprising:
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a rotatable handle grip; a throttle housing coupled to the rotatable handle grip and including a sleeve; and a ring-shaped potentiometer assembly including a ring-shaped potentiometer housing surrounding the sleeve and surrounded by the throttle housing, the ring-shaped potentiometer assembly further including a ring-shaped rotor surrounding the sleeve and surrounded by and fitted in the ring-shaped potentiometer housing and coupled for rotation with the handle grip. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A potentiometer assembly comprising:
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a ring-shaped potentiometer housing including a first wall and defining a slot; a ring-shaped rotor fitted in the potentiometer housing for rotation relative to the potentiometer housing and including at least a first contactor extending into the slot; at least a first strip of resistive material fitted in the slot in the potentiometer housing between the first wail and the first contactor, the contactor adapted to slide on and along the strip of resistive material in response to the rotation of the ring-shaped rotor. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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