USPatentGranted
S1

Top push button actuator for an industrial grade thumb control joystick

Granted 16 Jun 2015 · no office action yet

Current assignee: IDEC CORPORATION · originally APEM

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Peter Brouillette, Zhang Jun · Examiner: Freda S Nunn · AU 2916 · TC 2900

Application
29/464,069
filed 12 Aug 2013
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D732047
granted 16 Jun 2015

Life of the patent

2 dated events
⤢ drag to zoomJul 2013Oct 2013Jan 2014Apr 2014Jul 2014Oct 2014Jan 2015Apr 2015Jul 2015Prosecution
Prosecutionhover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the top push button actuator;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the top push button actuator;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the top push button actuator, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the top push button actuator;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the top push button actuator, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of an industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 9 is a side view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly including a mock panel and above panel, drop-in mounting hardware;

FIG. 11 is a side view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly including the mock panel and above panel, drop-in mounting hardware, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly including a mock panel and rear mounting hardware; and,

FIG. 13 is a side view of the top push button actuator illustrated as part of the industrial grade thumb control joystick assembly including the mock panel and rear mounting hardware, the opposite side being a mirror image thereof.

The subject matter shown in broken lines forms no part of the claimed design.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/454

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency
1.8 y
673 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
none on record
Responses
1
no RCE
Examiner
Freda S Nunn
art unit 2916 · TC 2900
Citations: 10 back · 0 forward

See the full prosecution history — every USPTO and applicant action on this file, in order.

Log in to unlock

Chain of title

⤢ drag to zoom20142016201820202022202420262028203020322034Owner 1Owner 2
Titlehover for detail · click to open

See the full assignment history — every owner this patent has passed through, with recordation dates and reel/frame numbers.

Log in to unlock

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock