An operating arrangement for combined actuation of two movable control devices with the aid of a single operating lever has movement-translating means between an operating device with its associated operating lever and the control devices. The operating device includes a pivot plate (1) centrally mounted by a ball joint for adjustment in any desired inclination in any direction. Two pairs of Bowden operating cables (6, 11) are connected to the pivot plate in mutually right-angular planes. Each pair of cables is connected to a control device (16). In each cable pair one end of the casing (8) of a first cable (6) is connected to a fixed means (9) adjacent the pivot plate, and the wire (7) of said cable (16) is pivotably connected to the pivot plate, while the other end of the casing is connected to the control device, and the wire (7) of said cable (6) is connected to a fixed means adjacent the control device. One end of the casing (13) of the second cable (11) in the pair is connected to a fixed means adjacent the pivot plate and the wire (12) associated with said casing (13) is pivotably connected to the pivot plate while the other end of the casing is connected to a fixed means adjacent the control device and the wire (12) of the cable (11) is connected to the control device. Force transmission from the operating device (20) to the control device (16) always takes place during the development of tensional stress in the wire of the active cable. The arrangement enables the use of relatively light cables, since the wires do not transmit force by means of compression. The light cables enable smaller bending radii and reduced inner friction in the cable for a given bending radius. The light cables permit neater cable positioning to suit the structure on which the operating arrangement is used.

Mechanical lever controllers, also known as joy-stick actuators, include a body 12, 14 within which is mounted a rod 20 for pivotal movement. The position of the rod is transmitted by an intermediate follower member 30 to two electrical transducers 70 of the linear voltage differential transformer type (LVDT). Each transducer 70 includes a primary coil 76 and a pair of oppositely-positioned, axially- aligned secondary coils 77, 78 and an armature 90 movable within an armature cavity 80 to vary the inductive coupling between the primary and secondary coils. The transducers are offset at 90° from each other to provide signals on the "X" and "Y" axes. In another embodiment, single axis output is measured in an actuator having a stackable housing.

Provided is a test apparatus for an actuator, which can easily switch whether to establish or undo the coupling between an actuator to be tested and a load part configured to apply load to the actuator. A test apparatus (10) for an actuator includes a load part (40) for outputting load to be applied to an actuator to be tested, first levers (51, 52) for swinging around a rotational shaft in connection with an output from the load part (40), an idler link (30) coupled to the output from the actuator to be tested, a second lever (53) coupled to the idler link (30) in a swingable manner and for swinging around a rotational shaft that is arranged coaxially with the rotational shaft of the first levers (51, 52), and a clutch mechanism (60) for coupling together the first levers (51, 52) and the second lever (53) and undoing the coupling.

Aircraft control systems to enable shared input controls. A single inceptor may provide outputs to control both land-based aircraft controls and air-based aircraft controls to reduce the number of inceptors required. In an example a side-stick provides control of both pitch and aircraft nose-wheel steering. Active inceptor technology may be utilised to provide feedback to the operator on the control system state.

A coating material spray gun (10), comprising: a handle (16) that is manually gripped with one hand by an operator during a coating operation, a trigger (32) mounted on said handle (16) that can be actuated by said one hand to start and stop a coating operation, a manually actuated device (70) mounted on said handle (16) that has a neutral position, a first actuated position and a second actuated position, wherein said manually actuated device (70) can be moved between said neutral position and said first and second actuated positions to make adjustments or selections or changes to one or more coating operation parameters.

Coordinate measuring machines typically include a jogbox that allows an operator to control movements of a probe with a joystick and dedicated buttons. By facilitating advanced interaction between the jogbox and the dimensional metrology application, the jogbox may be used to control most or all of the functional aspects of the dimensional metrology application, including, in some instances, control of the coordinate measuring machine. The jogbox may include an adaptability of communications protocol such that it may interact with any one of a number of types or brands of coordinate measuring machines. A dynamic and flexible display and/or user input system may be employed to facilitate the use of a single jogbox with different systems. Further, the inherent flexibility of various jogbox embodiments disclosed herein may allow different categories of users to select and/or customize a jogbox interface.

Control method and apparatus for a manual spray gun (10) may include a second manually actuated trigger (70) disposed on the spray gun handle (18), with the second trigger being operational to select one or more coating operation parameters.

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Kommunikationsvorrichtung zur drahtlosen Kommunikation und ein Verfahren zur Einstellung von Parametern der Kommunikationsvorrichtung. Die Kommunikationsvorrichtung weist eine Bedienvorrichtung (18) mit wenigstens einem Bedienelement (19) und eine Steuervorrichtung (17) zur Steuerung der Kommunikationsvorrichtung auf der Basis der Eingabe der Bedienvorrichtung (18) auf. Das Bedienelement (19) ist in einem ersten Modus zur Eingabe einer ersten Größe zur Einstellung eines ersten Parameters der Kommunikationsvorrichtung geeignet und ist in einem zweiten Modus zur Eingabe einer zweiten Größe zur Einstellung eines zweiten Parameters der Kommunikationsvorrichtung geeignet. Die Steuervorrichtung (17) ist dabei so eingerichtet, dass in dem ersten Modus jeder Position einer Mehrzahl von einstellbaren Positionen des Bedienelements genau ein fester Wert des ersten Parameters zugeordnet ist.

Coordinate measuring machines typically include a jogbox that allows an operator to control movements of a probe with a joystick and dedicated buttons. By facilitating advanced interaction between the jogbox and the dimensional metrology application, the jogbox may be used to control most or all of the functional aspects of the dimensional metrology application, including, in some instances, control of the coordinate measuring machine. The jogbox may include an adaptability of communications protocol such that it may interact with any one of a number of types or brands of coordinate measuring machines. A dynamic and flexible display and/or user input system may be employed to facilitate the use of a single jogbox with different systems. Further, the inherent flexibility of various jogbox embodiments disclosed herein may allow different categories of users to select and/or customize a jogbox interface.

A cellular phone (1) controls the display position of a pointing device cursor (11) to be displayed on a display (51A) in response to user's operation on a pointing device (41). At this time, when the cellular phone (1) determines that the display position of the cursor locates within a range of predetermined distance from the display position of the object based on a relative positional relationship between the display position of the cursor (11) and the display position of the object (202) selectable by a user, the cellular phone (1) notifies the user of the positional relationship by means of vibration generation, sound output or light emission.