Electrical resistors – Mechanically variable – With support
Patent
1998-11-06
2000-03-21
Easthom, Karl
Electrical resistors
Mechanically variable
With support
345161, 338128, 273148B, H01C 1000
Patent
active
060407581
ABSTRACT:
A mounting clip for a rotary potentiometer. In a preferred embodiment, the mounting clip comprises front and back generally vertical opposing side segments elastically deformable relative to each other between a naturally biased position and an outward flexed position. The back side segment defines a pair of legs sized to accommodate a shaft of the potentiometer. The mounting clip is useful for mounting the rotary potentiometer relative to a support wall of a joystick assembly in a position wherein a body portion of the potentiometer is adjacent to the support wall and the shaft of the potentiometer projects through an opening in the support wall. When the potentiometer is so positioned, the mounting clip may be slid downward over the potentiometer and support wall such that the front side segment overlies an outer flat surface of the potentiometer and the legs straddle the shaft of the potentiometer on the other side of the support wall. Because the potentiometer shaft projects non-fixedly through the legs and the opening in the support wall, it is permitted to deflect in response to intermittent side-loading forces.
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Advertisement: "JP3000 Series Joystick", Maurey Instrument Corp., date unknown.
Catalog: Happ Controls 1998 Amusement Products Catalog (month unknown).
Advertisement: "Induction Type Joystick Control", Maurey Instrument Corp., date unknown.
Advertisement: "Precision Joystick Controls with Potentiometers", Maurey, date unknown.
Sedor Thomas M.
Valavanis Theodore
Easthom Karl
Midway Games Inc.
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