Patents by Inventor Diran R. Sahakian

Diran R. Sahakian has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4511769
    Abstract: A multi-path interrupter device (e.g. joystick) includes a housing 10 constituted by two parts (11, 12), a plurality of interrupters 16 distributed along a circle and a control member 20. The control member is formed of a single piece of resilient material and has a lever pin 21 held on a pivot 25 carried by the housing. The control member 20 includes a peripheral crown 23 arranged to act on the interrupters 16. The member 20 also includes resilient return means for biasing the member to a central rest position.The return means includes tongues 30 cut radially out of the control member 20, the flexible end of these tongues bearing on the lateral surface of a truncated cone 28 carried by the part 12 of the housing, which cone 28 forms an opening for passing the pin 21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1985
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Diran R. Sahakian, Lucien Pellerin, Sjoerd Nijboer