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Joystick device
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36030 Caldogno (VI) (IT)
- Bonan, Alessandro
36030 Caldogno (VI) (IT)
- Silvestri, Antonio
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Barzanò & Zanardo Roma S.p.A.
Via Piemonte 26 00187 Roma 00187 Roma (IT) |
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[0001] This invention relates to a manually driven electromechanical actuator of the so-called
"joystick type, particularly but not exclusively for the use in control boxes, including
the remote control, for example through radiofrequency or cable, of machines in general,
such as cranes, bridge
cranes, concrete pumps and similar.
[0002] Suck joystick is disclosed by the document
US 3 372 359. Joystick actuators devices of various kinds have already been proposed in the state
of the art, which, also due to safety regulations requirements, can present two switches
generally made by printed circuit board or cards electrically and physically separated
from each other, in order to avoid, obviously, that they are simultaneously shortcircuited
owing to wear or rupture. Such actuators consist of expensive redundant systems as
the make necessary to provide dedicated housing seats for the two cards in spaces
which must necessarily very be very small in dimensions.
[0003] The main aim of the present invention is to provide a single-axis or dual-axis actuator
of the joystick type specified above, in which the necessary functionality is ensured
with drastically reduced dimensions compared to the traditional actuators. Another
aim of the present invention is to provide a new conceiving joystick actuator which,
besides ensuring a high degree of efficiency, can be produced at competitive costs.
[0004] These and other aims which will better result afterwards are achieved by a manually
driven electromechanical actuator, of the joystick type, particularly for control
boxes, according to the attached claim 1.
[0005] Further aspects and advantages of the present invention will also result by the following
detailed description of a currently preferred embodiment thereof, given by way of
illustrative but not limiting example, with reference to the attached drawings, where:
- figure 1 is an overall schematic perspective view of a joystick actuator according
to the present invention;
- figure 2 is a side elevation view in enlarged scale of the device of figure 1;
- figure 3 is a top view of the device of figure 2;
- figure 4 is an exploded view of the device of figure 1;
- figure 5 is an exploded view of a plurality of electrical sliding contacts and printed
circuit boards, in sliding relationship with the plurality of electrical contacts,
as well as of respective protection elements, representing part of the device according
to the present invention;
- figure 5a is an enlarged scale particular of figure 5;
- figure 6 is an exploded view of a return device in starting position for the control
lever of the device according to the present invention;
- figure 7 is a perspective view of a cardan group for driving the control lever of
the device according to the invention rotated by 180° around a vertical axis, compared
to the set up illustrated in figure 4;
- figure 8 is an exploded view of an enlarged scale particular of figure 4;
- figure 9 is a front view of an electrical board of figure 4 in enlarged scale;
- figure 10 is a table with an example on how the closure of contacts varies when the
operation angle varies, and
- figure 11 is an exploded view showing a variation of a particular of figure 4.
[0006] In the attached drawings identical or similar parts or components have been marked
with the same reference numbers.
[0007] Referring firstly to figures from 1 to 9, it can be noted as an actuator of the joystick
type, generally indicated with 1, with one or two movement axes, according to the
present invention, is provided with a containment and support body 2, preferably consisting
of a square section tubular stretch made of synthetic material, an articulation group
supported by the containment and support body 2 and including an universal cardan
joint system 3 and two pairs of guide positioned in cross or coulisse cross 4, as
well as a control lever 5, having its own end which is intended to be cinematically
connected to the universal joint system 3 and which can be engaged by sliding with
two pairs of cross guides 4 and its other end intended to lie, in use, outside the
containment and support body 2 and provided with a handle knob 6 for the grip by the
hand of an operator. The containment and support body 2 supports, preferably on the
external face of its own wall, for example of the wall 7, a printed circuit board
or card 8 (figures 4, 5 and 9) provided with sliding contact tracks, as will be further
explained later on. A first series or group of electrical sliding contacts 9 and a
second series or group of electrical sliding contacts 10, each of which is angularly
movable along their respective tracks of the printed circuit board 8, in the way that
will be described below, are arranged to roll on the tracks of the printed circuit
board 8.
[0008] Noting in particular figures 4, 7 and 8, it can be seen that in the containment and
support body 2 at the middle of the upper edge of each of its four walls 7, 7a (opposed
to the wall 7), 11 and 11a (opposed to the wall 11) two pairs of grooves 12, 12a (the
latter not visible in the drawings) and 13, 13a (the latter not visible in the drawings)
are obtained, preferably all equal among themselves, each of which is intended to
serve as housing seat for their respective bush or ferrule 14 intended to support
its relative hub of the articulation group 3. More specifically, the bushes 14 arranged
in the grooves 12 and 12a aligned along a movement axis x-x are intended to rotatingly
support the hubs of a shaft 15 (also called in jargon "main bow") of the articulation
group 3, while the bushes 14 arranged in the grooves 13 and 13a aligned along a movement
axis y-y, orthogonal and substantially coplanar to the axis x-x are suitable to rotatingly
support the hubs of a curved shaft 16 (also called in jargon "secondary bow") of the
same articulation group.
[0009] The middle portion of the shaft or main bow 15 is bulged and an aperture or axial
central slot 17 is made thereon. Similarly, the middle portion of the shaft or secondary
bow 16, on which a longitudinal through slit 18 is obtained, is bulged and arched.
[0010] At an appropriate distance from its outer end cinematically connected to the articulation
group 3, the lever 5 presents a cross through hole, in correspondence of which there
is a cursor 19 also provided with a cross hole 20, through which a pin 21 can be installed,
intended to be also installed in two aligned cross through holes 22 made in the main
shaft 15 in correspondence of the slot 17, so that the lever 5 can be pivoted to the
shaft 15 and extend through the slit 18 of the secondary shaft 16.
[0011] With this structure, each angular displacement of the lever 5 parallely to the axis
x-x turns into a corresponding angular displacement of the shaft 16, where its displacement
parallely to the axis y-y turns into a corresponding angular displacement of the shaft
15.
[0012] On the top, the containment and support body 2 is closed by a hollow flanged lid
23 which can be fixed in position by any fixing means, for example four screws 23a
(figures 1-4 and 8). The bottom edge 25a of bellows 26, from which, in use, the end
of manoeuvre of the control lever 5 ending with its own knob 6 comes out, is bound
to the flanged lid 23. on the bottom, the body 2 is closed by a base 27 which can
be fixed in position by any suitable fastening means, such as screws 28, and supports
the coulisse cross 4 intended to slidingly engage the lower end of the lever 5 to
guide it along two parallel directions, respectively, the x-x and y-y axes.
[0013] The shaft 15 has a front hub or tang 30 with several diameters and a rear hub or
tang 30a. In use, the front hub 30 protrudes from the wall 7 of the containment and
support body 2 and beyond the card 8 applied to the wall 7. In the middle stretch
of the front hub 30 a first sliding contacts carrier 31 is keyed (figures 4 and 5),
preferably of the oscillating arm or "wiper" type, while at its terminal stretch with
the smallest diameter a second sliding contacts carrier 32 is keyed, preferably of
the wiper type too and configured as the first contacts carrier 31, but dimensioned
differently with respect to it, typically with longer arm.
[0014] The card 8 can be preferably detachably fixed to the wall 7, for example by screws.
A protection carter 31a bounding a housing and protection seat both for part of the
safety contacts of the card 8 and the contacts carrier wiper 31 can also be partially
fixed around the hub 30, for example by screws 33, to the wall 7. A carter 34 for
the total covering both of the card 8 and the wipers 31 and 32 can be coupled by snap
with the flanged lid 23. A device suitable to pack the wipers 31 and 32, such as a
seeger ring 35, is finally provided on the final part of the hub 30. With this structure,
the card 8 presents two sectors 36 and 37 of sliding tracks, which are typically arranged
relatively far and separate and in any case shielded from each other, at all benefit
for the very low dimensions of the actuator 1 as a whole.
[0015] The sliding contacts group 9 borne by the oscillating arm or wiper 31 can slide on
the sector 36, the wiper 31 being suitable to electrically connect the superior track
P1, connected to a reference voltage through a connector C1, with the underlying adjacent
track P2, which is divided into three sections or areas, respectively "a", "b" and
"c", so as to bring the reference voltage to as many output terminals of the connector
C1 whenever the wiper 31 moves angularly out from its rest position, corresponding
to the middle section b.
[0016] The sliding contacts group 10 borne by the oscillating arm or wiper 32 is intended
to slide on the sector 37, the wiper 32 being responsible to electrically connect
the superior track P3, electrically connected to a reference voltage through the connector
C1, with the adjacent tracks P4 and P5, each of which is divided in an appropriate
number of sectors or sections which varies depending on the specific applications
to which the actuator according to the present invention is intended, so as to bring
the reference voltage to the same amount of output terminals of the connector C1,
corresponding to prearranged angular positions reached by the wiper 32.
[0017] The sectors 36 and 37 and the arms 31 and 32 are kept physically separated from each
other by the carter 31a in order to make possible failure modes of the respective
series of contacts 9, 10 independent. More in particular, the presence of a physical
barrier, consisting in the carter 31a, between the sectors 36 and 37 helps to ensure
an optimal electrical insulation between the two sectors and a mechanical protection
especially useful for example in case of rupture of the wiper 31, but also against
dust.
[0018] An example of a switching pattern is shown in figure 10 which contains a table regarding
a control function at five speeds.
[0019] In correspondence both of the opposite hub 30a of the main shaft 15 which, in use,
protrudes from the wall 7a parallel to the wall 7, and of the hub 43a of the secondary
shaft 16, as will be further described later on (figures 6 and 7), it is provided
a respective elastic return loading means, typically consisting of a helical spring
38 which is keyed on the relative hub 30a, 43a and has its own ends striking from
opposite plate against a respective stop element 39 which can be fixed, respectively,
to the wall 7a and 11a and in an exemplifying way of an angular sector element 40
keyed on the respective hub and below and externally toothed in 41 for engaging with
a correspondent tooth or braking roll, as will be further explained with particular
reference to the shaft 16. Everything remains closed by a carter or lid 42 similar
to the carter 34.
[0020] The shaft or secondary bow 16 presents two axially aligned hubs 43 and 43a intended
to protrude, in use, from the respective walls 11, 11a of the containment and support
body 2. A mobile equipment 31 and 32, all similar to that one described with reference
to the hub 30 of the main shaft 15, can be keyed on the hub 43 protruding from the
wall 11a, the mobile equipment moving close to a card (not visible in the drawings)
completely similar to the card 8 detachably fixed to the outside wall of the wall
11a, while a respective spring 38 and a respective angular sector element 40 with
lower external teeth 41 can be keyed on the hub 43a, as it has been specified above.
[0021] As it can be better seen in figures 4, 6 and 11, an elastically yielding support,
constituted for example by an elbow lever 45 which can be pivoted on a respective
support pin 46 that can be screwed in the respective wall 11, 7a, is positioned below
each angular sector element 40, 40a both of the hub 43a and the hub 30a. An arm of
the elbow lever 45 or a fork 45a which can be arranged between the ends of the spring
38 supports a rotating roll 47 intended to engage in the depressions between a tooth
and another of the teeth 41, which can be obtained on the respective angular sector
element 40 and drag by it or which can be obtained on an area 41a that can be fixed
to the respective wall of the body 2 (figure 11) always to serve as a control element
of the rotation of the shaft 16 through the angular sector element 40. The other arm
of the lever 45 (figures 4 and 6) is engaged to one end of a return spring 48, whose
other end is anchored to a stop 49 which can be fixed to the respective wall 11, 7a.
Everything is covered with a lid or carter 42 which can be engaged by snap with the
flanged lid 23. The components inserted into both the hub 43a of the shaft 16 and
the hub 30a of the shaft 15 are packed with a relative seeger 51.
[0022] The functioning of a joystick device like the one described above is simple and with
high reliability. Acting on the lever 5 the operator can cause angular displacements
along the axis x-x or y-y or both. The angular displacements of the main 15 and secondary
16 shafts cause angular displacements of the mobile sliding contacts of safety 9 and
of work 10, reciprocally isolated, which may, as it is known in the state of the art,
give outputs of the analog or digital at one or more speed type, according to several
arrangements of the contacts in the printed circuit board 8.
[0023] By means of the electromechanical actuator 1, any possible failure of the sliding
work contacts 10, no matter causes it, does not jeopardize the functional integrity
of the sliding safety contacts 9 which, in such situations of risk, continue to effectively
and efficiently operate, with the clear benefits that this entails for the safety
of the operator.
[0024] This mainly happens by virtue of the fact that, in the invention, the sectors 36,
37 of sliding tracks provided in the printed circuit board 8 are distinct, independent,
separate and spaced apart from each other.
[0025] The electromechanical actuator 1 referred to the invention ensures, therefore, the
redundancy of the electrical signal coming out from the printed circuit board 8, required
by the regulations in force relevant for safety certification, which allows to safely
manage the manoeuvres of a machine tool.
[0026] In the invention, this result is achieved using only one printed circuit board for
each of the movement axes of the machine itself, unlike the known art in which the
redundancy of the signal is achieved using more than one board.
[0027] This leads with respect to the known technique to a reduction of the dimensions of
the electromechanical actuator, declared goal of the invention.
[0028] A joystick device according to the present invention is, therefore, particularly
suitable in those practical applications where the functional safety or protection
against failures, which can also be potentially dangerous, is important. Specific
applications of a joystick device in accordance with the present invention are on
console fixed inside a machine or on remote control box, with both radiofrequency
and cable signals transmission.
[0029] The invention described above is susceptible to numerous changes and variations within
its protective scope defined by the tenor of the claims.
[0030] Thus, for example, if a guide which extends parallel to x-x or y-y axis is provided
instead of the coulisse 4, a joystick device of the single-axis type will result.
If, however, the coulisse 4 is not provided, the joystick device described above enables
the lever 5 to carry out angular movements in all directions like an articulated joint.
[0031] The materials used and the dimensions may be different depending on needs.
1. Actuator of the joystick type movable along one or more movement axes (x-x, y-y),
comprising a containment and support base or body (2), an articulation group (3) for
at least one driven shaft (15, 16) supported by the containment and support body (2),
a control lever (5) having an end cinematically connected to said articulation group
(3) and the other end which can be engaged by operator's hand, a plurality of electrical
sliding contacts (9, 10) which can be operated by said control lever (5), a plurality
of printed circuit boards (8), connected with said plurality of electrical sliding
contacts (9, 10) and each of said painted circuit boards (B) being supported by said
containment and support body (2), suitable to move a machine tool along a relative
movement axis (x-x, y-y), characterized in that each one of said printed circuit boards (8) presents sliding contact tracks which
include at least one group of safety tracks (36) and at least one group of work tracks
(37) spaced apart and separated from said group of safety tracks (36), wherein said
plurality of electrical sliding contacts comprises a first (9) and a second series
(10) of said plurality of electrical sliding contacts being angularly and simultaneously
movable along said group of safety tracks (36) and said group of work tracks (37)
respectively.
2. Actuator according to claim 1, characterized in that at least one between said first (9) and said second (10) series of contacts is delimited
by a respective seat bounded by a protection element (31a) suitable to form a protection-separation
barrier between said first (9) and said second (10) series of contacts.
3. Actuator according to claim 2, characterized in that each seat is formed by a respective carter (31a).
4. Actuator according to any of the claims from 1 to 3, characterized in that each driven shaft (15, 16) of said articulation group (3) presents at least one hub
(30, 43) intended to support and to angularly move a first (9) and a second (10) series
of sliding contacts.
5. Actuator according to claim 4, characterized in that each driven shaft (15, 16) of said articulation group (3) presents two aligned hubs
or tangs (30, 30a; 43, 43a), the first (30, 43) of which is intended to support and
angularly move a respective first (9) and a respective second (10) series of sliding
contacts, while the second hub (30a, 43a) is elastically loaded.
6. Actuator according to claim 5, characterized in that said first hub (30, 43) is intended to support at least a housing and protection
element (31a) for said group of safety tracks (36) of a corresponding board and for
at least one respective first (9) series of sliding contacts.
7. Actuator according to claim 6, characterized in that it includes a coverage element (34) both of the relative board and said first and
second series of sliding contacts (9, 10).
8. Actuator according to any of the claims from 4 to 7, characterized in that each of said second hubs (30a, 43a) supports over it at least one elastic return
means (38) having its own ends which strike from opposite plate against a stop element
(39) which can be fixed to or integral with said containment and support body (2),
and at least one angular sector element (40) cooperating with a teeth (41) intended
to engage with a respective tooth or braking roll (47) borne by an elastically yielding
support (45).
9. Actuator according to claim 8, characterized in that said teeth (41) is obtained on said angular sector element (40).
10. Actuator according to claim 9, characterized in that said elastically yielding support includes an elbow lever (45) which can be pivoted
on a respective support pin (46) borne by said containment and support body (2).
1. Aktuator des Joystick-Typs, beweglich entlang einer oder mehrerer Bewegungsachsen
(x-x, y-y), umfassend eine Aufnahme- und Haltebasis oder -körper (2), eine Gelenkgruppe
(3) für zumindest einen angetriebenen Schaft (15, 16), gehalten durch den Aufnahme-
und Haltekörper (2), einen Steuerhebel (5), aufweisend ein Ende, kinematisch verbunden
mit der Gelenkgruppe (3), wobei das andere Ende durch die Hand einer Bedienperson
erfasst werden kann, eine Vielzahl von elektrischen Gleitkontakten (9, 10), die durch
den Steuerhebel (5) betätigt werden können, eine Vielzahl von Leiterplatten (8), verbunden
mit der Vielzahl von elektrischen Gleitkontakten (9, 10), wobei jede der Leiterplatten
(8) gehalten wird durch den Aufnahme- und Haltekörper (2), geeignet, um ein Maschinenwerkzeug
entlang einer entsprechenden Bewegungsachse (x-x, y-y) zu bewegen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede der Leiterplatten (8) Gleitkontaktbahnen darstellt, die zumindest eine Gruppe
von Sicherheitsbahnen (36) und zumindest eine Gruppe von Arbeitsbahnen (37), beabstandet
und separiert von der Gruppe von Sicherheitsbahnen (36), umfassen, wobei die Vielzahl
von elektrischen Gleitkontakten eine erste (9) und eine zweite Reihe (10) von der
Vielzahl von elektrischen Gleitkontakten umfasst, winklig und simultan beweglich entlang
jeweils der Gruppe von Sicherheitsbahnen (36) und der Gruppe von Arbeitsbahnen (37).
2. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass zumindest eine zwischen der ersten (9) und der zweiten (10) Reihe von Kontakten begrenzt
wird durch einen jeweiligen Sitz, begrenzt durch ein Schutzelement (31a), geeignet,
um eine Schutz-Separations-Barriere zwischen der ersten (9) und der zweiten (10) Reihe
von Kontakten zu formen.
3. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Sitz ausgebildet wird durch eine jeweilige Hausung (31a) .
4. Aktuator gemäß einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder angetriebene Schaft (15, 16) der Gelenkgruppe (3) zumindest eine Nabe (30,
43) darstellt, beabsichtigt, um eine erste (9) und eine zweite (10) Reihe von Gleitkontakten
zu halten und winklig zu bewegen.
5. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder angetriebene Schaft (15, 16) der Artikulationsgruppe (3) zwei ausgerichtete
Naben oder Zapfen (30, 30a; 43, 43a) darstellt, wobei ersterer (30, 43) davon beabsichtigt
ist, um eine jeweilige erste (9) und eine jeweilige zweite (10) Reihe der Gleitkontakte
zu halten und winklig zu bewegen, während die zweite Nabe (30a, 43a) elastisch belastet
wird.
6. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die erste Nabe (30, 43) beabsichtigt ist, um zumindest ein Gehäuse- und Schutzelement
(31a) für die Gruppe von Sicherheitsbahnen (36) einer entsprechenden Platte und für
zumindest eine jeweilige erste (9) Reihe von Gleitkontakten zu halten.
7. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass er ein Abdeckelement (34) in Bezug auf sowohl die entsprechende Platte und die erste
und zweite Reihe von Gleitkontakten (9, 10) umfasst.
8. Aktuator gemäß einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede der zweiten Naben (30a, 43a) über sich zumindest ein elastisches Rückstellmittel
(38) hält, aufweisend seine eigenen Enden, die von einer gegenüberstehenden Platte
gegen ein Stoppelement (39) treffen, das fixiert sein kann an oder integral ausgeführt
sein kann mit dem Aufnahme- und Haltekörper (2), und zumindest ein Winkelsektorelement
(40), kooperierend mit einer Verzahnung (41), beabsichtigt, um mit einem jeweiligen
Zahn oder Bremsrolle (47), getragen durch eine elastisch nachgiebige Halterung (45),
in Eingriff zu gelangen.
9. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verzahnung (41) an dem Winkelsektorelement (41) ausgeführt ist.
10. Aktuator gemäß Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die elastisch nachgiebige Halterung einen Ellenbogenhebel (45) umfasst, der schwenkbar
ist an einem jeweiligen Haltestift (46), getragen durch den Aufnahme- und Haltekörper
(2).
1. Actionneur du type manche à balai qu'on peut déplacer selon un ou plusieurs axes de
mouvement (x-x, y-y), comprenant une base ou un corps formant boîtier et support (2),
un groupe d'articulation (3) pour au moins un arbre entraîné (15, 16) supporté par
le corps formant boîtier et support (2), un levier de commande (5) ayant une extrémité
reliée cinématiquement audit groupe d'articulation (3) et l'autre extrémité qui peut
être attaquée par la main d'un opérateur, une pluralité de contacts électriques glissants
(9, 10) qui peuvent être manoeuvrés par ledit levier de commande (5), une pluralité
de cartes de circuit imprimé (8), connectées à ladite pluralité de contacts électriques
glissants (9, 10), chacune desdites cartes de circuit imprimé (8) étant supportée
par ledit corps formant boîtier et support (2), approprié pour déplacer un outil mécanique
selon un axe de mouvement relatif (x-x, y-y), caractérisé en ce que chacune desdites cartes de circuit imprimé (8) présente des pistes de contacts glissants
qui comprennent au moins un groupe de pistes de sécurité (36) et au moins un groupe
de pistes de travail (37), distant et séparé dudit groupe de pistes de sécurité (36),
dans lequel ladite pluralité de contacts électriques glissants comprend une première
série (9) et une deuxième série (10) de ladite pluralité de contacts électriques glissants
qui peuvent se déplacer angulairement et simultanément le long dudit groupe de pistes
de sécurité (36), et dudit groupe de pistes de travail (37) respectivement.
2. Actionneur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une parmi lesdites première et deuxième séries de contacts (9) et (10) est
délimitée par un logement respectif limité par un élément de protection (31a) approprié
pour former une barrière de protection-séparation entre ladite première série (9)
et ladite deuxième série (10) de contacts.
3. Actionneur selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque logement est formé par un carter respectif (31a).
4. Actionneur selon une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque arbre entraîné (15, 16) dudit groupe d'articulation (3) présente au moins
un moyeu (30, 43) destiné à supporter et à déplacer angulairement une première série
(9) et une deuxième série (10) de contacts glissants.
5. Actionneur selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que chaque arbre entraîné (15, 16) dudit groupe d'articulation (3) présente deux moyeux
ou tourillons alignés (30, 30a ; 43, 43a), dont le premier (30, 43) est destiné à
supporter et à déplacer angulairement une première série respective (9) et une deuxième
série respective (10) de contacts glissants tandis que le deuxième moyeu (30a, 43a)
est chargé élastiquement.
6. Actionneur selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier moyeu (30, 43) est destiné à supporter au moins un élément d'enveloppement
et de protection (31a) pour ledit groupe de pistes de sécurité (36) d'une carte correspondante
et pour au moins une première série respective (9) de contacts glissants.
7. Actionneur selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un élément de recouvrement (34) à la fois pour la carte correspondante
et pour lesdites premières et deuxième séries de contacts glissants (9, 10).
8. Actionneur selon une quelconque des revendications 4 à 7, caractérisé en ce que chacun desdits deuxièmes moyeux (30a, 43a) supporte au-dessus de lui au moins un
élément de rappel élastique (38) ayant ses extrémités qui frappent en partant de la
plaque opposée contre un élément de butée (39) qui peut être fixé ou intégré audit
corps formant boîtier et support (2), et au moins un élément secteur angulaire (40)
qui coopère avec une dent (41) destinée à attaquer une dent ou un rouleau de freinage
correspondant (47) porté par un support (45) susceptible de céder élastiquement.
9. Actionneur selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que ladite dent (41) est obtenue sur ledit élément secteur annulaire (40).
10. Actionneur selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que ledit support susceptible de céder élastiquement comprend un levier coudé (45) qui
peut pivoter sur un axe support respectif (41) porté par ledit corps formant boîtier
et support (2).
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