EP1310854B1 - Lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals - Google Patents

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EP1310854B1
EP1310854B1 EP02024903A EP02024903A EP1310854B1 EP 1310854 B1 EP1310854 B1 EP 1310854B1 EP 02024903 A EP02024903 A EP 02024903A EP 02024903 A EP02024903 A EP 02024903A EP 1310854 B1 EP1310854 B1 EP 1310854B1
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    • G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
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    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05G—CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY
    • G05G9/00—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously
    • G05G9/02—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only
    • G05G9/04—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously
    • G05G9/047—Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks
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  • the present invention relates to a lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals.
  • US-A-4 639 667 discloses joystick-type controller having a combination of features as set forth in the precharacterizing portion of the appended claim 1.
  • control devices that are used commonly in self-propelled machines, such as for example overhead platforms, and comprise a lever that is meant to be actuated rotationally by the operator in order to vary the position of permanent magnets with respect to one or more fixed sensors.
  • the electrical signals emitted by said sensors are consequently influenced thereby in proportion to the movements of the lever, and therefore an appropriate processing of said signals, performed by an electronic board, allows to transmit to the actuators and servo systems that are present on the machine provided with the device, such as for example motors or actuation cylinders, commands that are also proportional to said movements.
  • the reference numeral 1 generally designates a lever of the device, which comprises, in a monolithic assembly, a spherical element 2 made of non-ferromagnetic material and a rod 3, which protrudes radially from the spherical element at one end; at the other end of the rod 3 there is a knob 4, which is meant to be gripped by the operator.
  • the spherical element 2 is contained within a seat formed partly in a base 5 and partly in a cover 6, which is fixed to said base by means of screws 7a and 7b, and comprises two permanent magnets 9a and 9b, which are inserted in suitable seating holes 8a and 8b, which are shaped like cylindrical blocks with axes that are parallel to the axis of the rod 3 and lie on planes that pass through said axis and are perpendicular to each other.
  • the permanent magnets 9a and 9b are arranged so as to face respectively sensors 10a and 10b comprised within the base 5, which are suitable to sense variations in the magnetic fields emitted by said magnets, consequently emitting electrical signals, which are sent to an electronic board comprised within a container 11.
  • the base 5 comprises means that allow the rotation of the spherical element 2 about two axes that are perpendicular to the axis of the rod 3, designated by the reference letter z, and pass through the center of said spherical element: the axis x, which is perpendicular to the plane that contains the permanent magnet 9a with the corresponding sensor 10a, and the axis y, which is perpendicular to the plane that contains the permanent magnet 9b with the corresponding sensor 10b.
  • Said means comprise a pivot 12, which protrudes from the base 5 in a radial direction and so that its axis passes through the center of the spherical element 2; said pivot is inserted in a slot 13, which is formed in the spherical element and is delimited by planes that are parallel and equidistant with respect to the diametrical plane that passes through the axis z and through the axis of the pivot 12.
  • the rotations of the lever 1 about the two axes x and y can also occur simultaneously; in this case, by combining said rotations simultaneously, it is possible to send signals simultaneously from the two sensors to the corresponding actuators.
  • the sensors 10a and 10b can each be replaced with a pair of sensors suitable for example to send signals respectively of the analog and digital type.
  • Figure 1 shows that the spherical element 2 is provided with a pin 14, which is suitable to press a button 15 connected to the electronic board comprised in the container 11 when the lever 1 is in the zero position, i.e., inactive, which is the position shown in the figure, and to release it when the lever is actuated; accordingly, the electronic control management system is allowed to reset the signals to the zero position at each transition through this position.
  • a pin 14 which is suitable to press a button 15 connected to the electronic board comprised in the container 11 when the lever 1 is in the zero position, i.e., inactive, which is the position shown in the figure, and to release it when the lever is actuated; accordingly, the electronic control management system is allowed to reset the signals to the zero position at each transition through this position.
  • the lever 1 has means that are suitable to make it return automatically to said position; said means comprise the spring 16, which acts between the bushes associated with the rod 3, i.e., the bush 17 in contact with the adjustment nut 17a engaged on the thread 3a of said rod and the bush 18 rested on the upper surface of the cover 6.
  • the spherical element of the lever can comprise a single block-shaped permanent magnet that faces at least one sensor, and there are means suitable to allow the rotation of the spherical element about the axis that is perpendicular to the plane that contains said magnet with the corresponding sensor.
  • the permanent magnets may be provided in the form of prism-like blocks, and the axes of said magnets may also have any inclination with respect to the axis of the rod comprised within the lever, for example an inclination equal to a right angle.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a lever 20 according to a further embodiment, which comprises the rod 21 connected to the spherical element 22 provided by means of a single permanent magnet.
  • Figure 5 is another view of a lever 23 according to another embodiment that comprises the rod 24 connected to the spherical element 25 made of nonferromagnetic material and provided with the annular permanent magnet 26 contained in a diametrical slot that lies on the plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the rod 24.

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A lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals, comprising a spherical element (2) for emitting at least one magnetic field that is connected to the end of a rod (3) actuated at the other end and contained within a seat that comprises means suitable to allow the rotation thereof about at least one axis that is perpendicular to the axis of the rod and passes through the center of the spherical element, the seat further comprising at least one sensor (10a, 10b) for sensing variations in the at least one magnetic field emitted by the spherical element, sending electrical signals that are proportional to the variations to an electronic board for processing. <IMAGE>

Description

  • The present invention relates to a lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals. US-A-4 639 667 discloses joystick-type controller having a combination of features as set forth in the precharacterizing portion of the appended claim 1.
  • The presence is known of control devices that are used commonly in self-propelled machines, such as for example overhead platforms, and comprise a lever that is meant to be actuated rotationally by the operator in order to vary the position of permanent magnets with respect to one or more fixed sensors.
  • The electrical signals emitted by said sensors are consequently influenced thereby in proportion to the movements of the lever, and therefore an appropriate processing of said signals, performed by an electronic board, allows to transmit to the actuators and servo systems that are present on the machine provided with the device, such as for example motors or actuation cylinders, commands that are also proportional to said movements.
  • Currently commercially available devices that operate in the described manner are constructively rather complicated, and it is therefore the aim of the present invention to provide a device that has, by way of particularly simple production methods, a low cost and highly reliable operation.
  • In accordance with the invention, there is provided a lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals, as defined in the appended claims.
  • Further characteristics and advantages will become better apparent from the description of some preferred but not exclusive embodiments of the invention, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:
    • Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, with a portion removed for the sake of clarity of illustration;
    • Figure 2 is a sectional view, taken along the line II-II of Figure 1;
    • Figure 3 is a view of a portion of the control lever;
    • Figures 4 and 5 are views of further embodiments of portions of the control lever.
  • With reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3, the reference numeral 1 generally designates a lever of the device, which comprises, in a monolithic assembly, a spherical element 2 made of non-ferromagnetic material and a rod 3, which protrudes radially from the spherical element at one end; at the other end of the rod 3 there is a knob 4, which is meant to be gripped by the operator.
  • The spherical element 2 is contained within a seat formed partly in a base 5 and partly in a cover 6, which is fixed to said base by means of screws 7a and 7b, and comprises two permanent magnets 9a and 9b, which are inserted in suitable seating holes 8a and 8b, which are shaped like cylindrical blocks with axes that are parallel to the axis of the rod 3 and lie on planes that pass through said axis and are perpendicular to each other.
  • The permanent magnets 9a and 9b are arranged so as to face respectively sensors 10a and 10b comprised within the base 5, which are suitable to sense variations in the magnetic fields emitted by said magnets, consequently emitting electrical signals, which are sent to an electronic board comprised within a container 11.
  • The base 5 comprises means that allow the rotation of the spherical element 2 about two axes that are perpendicular to the axis of the rod 3, designated by the reference letter z, and pass through the center of said spherical element: the axis x, which is perpendicular to the plane that contains the permanent magnet 9a with the corresponding sensor 10a, and the axis y, which is perpendicular to the plane that contains the permanent magnet 9b with the corresponding sensor 10b.
  • Said means comprise a pivot 12, which protrudes from the base 5 in a radial direction and so that its axis passes through the center of the spherical element 2; said pivot is inserted in a slot 13, which is formed in the spherical element and is delimited by planes that are parallel and equidistant with respect to the diametrical plane that passes through the axis z and through the axis of the pivot 12.
  • When the operator, after gripping the knob 4, causes the rotation of the lever 1 about the axis x along the arrows Fx of Figure 1, the position of the magnet 9a changes with respect to the corresponding sensor 10a and accordingly the signal emitted by said sensor undergoes variations that are proportional to the extent of the movements of the lever: a suitable processing of said signal performed by the electronic board inserted in the container 11 determines the sending of commands, likewise proportional to the extent of said movements, to one or more selected actuators that are present on the machine provided with the device.
  • The same applies if the operator turns the lever 1 about the axis y along the arrows Fy, changing the position of the magnet 9b with respect to the corresponding sensor 10b and consequently varying the signal emitted by said sensor.
  • The rotations of the lever 1 about the two axes x and y can also occur simultaneously; in this case, by combining said rotations simultaneously, it is possible to send signals simultaneously from the two sensors to the corresponding actuators.
  • However, it is also possible to provide for the presence of means suitable to allow only one rotation at a time to occur.
  • Before proceeding with the description of the invention, it should be noted that the sensors 10a and 10b can each be replaced with a pair of sensors suitable for example to send signals respectively of the analog and digital type.
  • Figure 1 shows that the spherical element 2 is provided with a pin 14, which is suitable to press a button 15 connected to the electronic board comprised in the container 11 when the lever 1 is in the zero position, i.e., inactive, which is the position shown in the figure, and to release it when the lever is actuated; accordingly, the electronic control management system is allowed to reset the signals to the zero position at each transition through this position.
  • Regarding said zero position, it should be noted that the lever 1 has means that are suitable to make it return automatically to said position; said means comprise the spring 16, which acts between the bushes associated with the rod 3, i.e., the bush 17 in contact with the adjustment nut 17a engaged on the thread 3a of said rod and the bush 18 rested on the upper surface of the cover 6.
  • The description of the embodiment considered so far ends by considering the presence, within the lever 1, of a duct that is formed by the axial cavity 19a connected to the conical cavity 19b at the hole 19c that is present in the base 5 and ends externally, said duct being such as to allow the passage of wires, not shown in the figure, that extend from the button 4a comprised within the knob 4.
  • In a second embodiment of the invention, the spherical element of the lever can comprise a single block-shaped permanent magnet that faces at least one sensor, and there are means suitable to allow the rotation of the spherical element about the axis that is perpendicular to the plane that contains said magnet with the corresponding sensor.
  • In further embodiments of the invention, the permanent magnets may be provided in the form of prism-like blocks, and the axes of said magnets may also have any inclination with respect to the axis of the rod comprised within the lever, for example an inclination equal to a right angle.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a lever 20 according to a further embodiment, which comprises the rod 21 connected to the spherical element 22 provided by means of a single permanent magnet.
  • Figure 5 is another view of a lever 23 according to another embodiment that comprises the rod 24 connected to the spherical element 25 made of nonferromagnetic material and provided with the annular permanent magnet 26 contained in a diametrical slot that lies on the plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the rod 24.
  • The described invention is susceptible of numerous other modifications and variations, all of which are within the scope of the invention.
  • Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs, those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly such reference signs do not have any limiting effect on the scope of each element identified by way of example by such reference signs.

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  1. A lever-type control device for transmitting electrical signals, comprising, in order to form said lever (1), a spherical element (2) for emitting at least one magnetic field that is connected to the end of a radial rod (3) meant to be actuated at the other end, said spherical element (2) being contained within a seat (5,6) that comprises rotation meant (12,13) suitable to allow the rotation of said spherical element (2) about at least one axis (x,y) that is perpendicular to the axis (z) of the rod (3) and passes through the center of the spherical element (2), said seat (5,6) further comprising at least one sensor (10a,10b) suitable to sense variations in the at least one magnetic field emitted by the spherical element (2), consequently sending electrical signals that are proportional to said variations to an electronic board (11) for signal processing, the device being characterized in that the spherical element (2) of the lever comprises a pin (14) that activates a first button (15) that is connected to the electronic board and is suitable to act on said first button (15) in the zero position of the lever (1), and the rod (3) of the lever (1) comprises an axial cavity (19a) that is connected to a conical cavity (19b) that is present in the spherical element (2) at a hole (19c) provided in the seat (5,6) of said spherical element (2) and leads outside, so as to allow the passage of wires that extend from a second button (4a) comprised within a knob (14) for the actuation of the rod (3).
  2. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spherical element (2) is made of nonferromagnetic material and comprises internally at least one block-shaped permanent magnet (9a,9b) that faces at least one corresponding sensor (10a,10b) accommodated within the seat (5,6) of the spherical element (2), said rotation means (12,13) being provided to allow the rotation of the spherical element (2) about each axis (x,y) substantially at right angles to the plane that contains each magnet (9a,9b) with the corresponding sensor (10a,10b).
  3. The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spherical element (2) comprises internally two block-shaped permanent magnets (9a,9b) that face corresponding sensor (10a,10b) accommodated within the seat (5,6) of the spherical element (2), said rotation means (12,13) being provided to allow the rotation of the spherical element (2) about the two axes (x,y) that are substantially perpendicular to the planes that contain each one of the two magnets (9a,9b) with the corresponding at least one sensor (10a,10b).
  4. The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spherical element (2) comprises internally two block-shaped permanent magnets (9a,9b) with axes that are contained within planes that pass through the axis of the rod (3) connected to the spherical element (2) and are substantially perpendicular to each other.
  5. The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spherical element (2) is made of nonferromagnetic material and comprises two cylindrical block-shaped permanent magnets (9a,9b), which are inserted in suitable seating holes (8a,8b) and have axes that are parallel to the axis (z) of the rod (3) connected to the spherical element (2) and are contained within planes that pass through said axis (z) and are perpendicular to each other, each magnet (9a,9b) facing a corresponding sensor (10a,10b) that is accommodated within the seat (5,6) of the spherical element (2), said rotation means (12,13) being provided to allow the simultaneous rotation of the spherical element (2) about two axes (x,y) that are perpendicular to the axis (z) of said rod (3), pass through the center of the spherical element (2) and are perpendicular to the planes that contain each one of the two magnets (9a,9b) with the corresponding sensor (10a,10b), said rotation means comprising a pivot (12) that protrudes from said seat (5,6) in a radial direction with respect to said spherical element (2) and whose axis passes through the center of said spherical element (2), said pivot (12) being inserted in a slot (13) that is formed in the spherical element (2) and is delimited by planes that are parallel and equidistant with respect to the diametrical plane that passes through the axis (z) of the rod (3) connected to the spherical element (2) and through the axis of said pivot (12).
  6. The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spherical element (2) is made of nonferromagnetic material and comprises, inserted in a suitable seating hole, a permanent magnet shaped like a block, which faces at least one sensor that is accommodated within the seat of the spherical element, said rotation means (12,13) being provided to allow the rotation of the spherical element about an axis that is perpendicular to the plane that contains said magnet with the corresponding sensor.
  7. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spherical element is provided by means of a single permanent magnet (22).
  8. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the spherical element is made of nonferromagnetic material and comprises internally an annular permanent magnet (26) that is contained in a diametrical slot that is contained within the plane that is perpendicular to the axis of the rod (24) connected to the spherical element (25).
  9. The device according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized by the presence of means suitable to determine the automatic return of the lever to the zero position, said means comprising a spring (16) that acts between two bushes (17,18) that are associated with the rod (3) of the lever (1), one (17) of said bushes being in contact with an adjustment nut (17a), the other bush (18) resting on a plane that is present in the seat (5,6) of the spherical element (2) of said lever (1).
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