Handwheel Patents (Class 16/432)
  • Publication number: 20090288272
    Abstract: A grip member is equipped with a plurality of modules for generating haptic feed-back distributed along the grip member and activatable according to a pre-set sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Alessandro ZANELLA, Tommaso Luchetti, Stefano Alacqua
  • Patent number: 6186475
    Abstract: A spigot handle extender, an apparatus for extending a valve handle, includes a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith. The engaging means is positioned within the body and is also rotatable conjointly with the body, so that the engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of the body. In a preferred embodiment, the body is formed by identical hermaphroditic body halves. The body includes a pair of attached opposing wings, a plurality of slots, and a central bore. The engaging means is an engager which includes abase with an opening, a plurality of bosses projecting from one side, and a plurality of fingers projecting from the opposite side. The bosses on the base fit engagingly into the slots within the body and the fingers on the base fit engagingly between the spokes of the valve handle when the engager and valve handle are enclosed within the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventor: Vladimir Selepouchin