摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/US82/00489 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 19, 1982 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 19, 1982 PCT Filed Apr. 19, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/03577 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 1983.In the operator's station of many construction vehicles, there is a critical lack of space in which to mount the control levers (12) used to operate the vehicle. The use of mechanical linkages and motion translating devices between the control lever (12) and the actuator has required complicated mechanisms and excessive hardware for the mounting and positioning of the respectively connected components. The mounting apparatus (10) of this invention overcomes these problems by employing a detent mechanism (38) that functions as a rotational positioner between the control lever (12) and an actuating switch (60) assembly as well as an axial positioner used in the mounting of the respective components. The mounting apparatus (10) allows the control lever (12) and the actuating switch (60) to be mounted together for rotation about a single axis (X) to provide a very axially compact mechanism. |