Command selector with rotary scroll wheel
US9812273B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H2231/052
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A command selector includes a scroll wheel mounted in a support and free to rotate about a main axis, a fixed printed circuit board, a detection wheel rotating about a secondary axis, a means of transmission rotationally connecting the scroll wheel to the detection wheel of which the rotations are detected by a rotation sensor arranged on the printed circuit board. The main axis and the secondary axis are non-parallel, the means of transmission defines an angle, and the detection wheel rotating in a plane parallel to the printed circuit board, the secondary axis being perpendicular to the printed circuit board, so as to minimize the circumscribed volume of the selector.
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