Machine element or mechanism – Control lever and linkage systems – Multiple controlled elements
Patent
1998-05-01
2000-02-29
Bucci, David A.
Machine element or mechanism
Control lever and linkage systems
Multiple controlled elements
74471XY, 273148B, B05G 900, B05G 9047
Patent
active
060295376
ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a shift lever mechanism used in driving a simulative running machine. The shift lever mechanism has a first shaft extending along a first axis and a second shaft extending along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. An operation lever is pivotable about the first axis and the second axis. The shift lever mechanism further includes a speed zone setter for variably setting a speed of the running machine among a plurality of speed zones including a neutral zone by shifting the operation lever, and a torsion spring for applying a biasing force to bias the operation lever toward the neutral zone. It is set such that the biasing force exerted by the torsion spring is transmitted to a pivotal movement of the operation lever about the first shaft and the second shaft. Thereby, when the operation lever is shifted in any one of the available directions, the operation lever is applied with the biasing force to return the operation lever toward the neutral zone, thereby assuredly conveying an operator that the operation lever has been shifted to a desired speed zone.
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Bucci David A.
Konami Co. Ltd.
Stallman Brandon C.
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