Global Patent Index - EP 0301209 B1

EP 0301209 B1 19941019 - Control device for electrical wheelchairs or the like.

Title (en)

Control device for electrical wheelchairs or the like.

Title (de)

Steuereinrichtung für elektrische Rollstühle oder dergleichen.

Title (fr)

Dispositif de commande pour fauteuils roulants électriques et appareils semblables.

Publication

EP 0301209 B1 19941019 (DE)

Application

EP 88109238 A 19880610

Priority

  • DE 3724915 A 19870728
  • DE 8710311 U 19870728

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0301209A2] The single lever for manually controlling an electric wheelchair is of joystick type, incorporating a universal joint and a spring inside the hollow stem, returning it to the middle position. The base of the stem is shaped to form another universal joint to control the operation of two sliding plates (35) which operate two potentiometers included in the control system. Each plate has a slot (40,41) at the centre, the two slots crossing at right angles and each at an angle of 45 degrees to the sliding direction of the plates. At their intersection point is a flanged bush (43) inside which the lower universal joint element fits.

IPC 1-7

H01H 25/04

IPC 8 full level

G05G 9/047 (2006.01); H01H 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G05G 9/04785 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04707 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04744 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04748 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04751 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04766 (2013.01); H01H 3/0213 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE FR GB NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0301209 A2 19890201; EP 0301209 A3 19900822; EP 0301209 B1 19941019; DE 8710311 U1 19881124

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 88109238 A 19880610; DE 8710311 U 19870728