ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,074, issued on May 27, was assigned to DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS APS (Nordborg, Denmark).
"Steering command means" was invented by Soren Winkler Rasmussen (Sonderborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering command means (1) is described comprising a joystick (2) and an arm rest (3) having an arm support surface (4), wherein the joystick (2) comprises a handle member (5) and a grip surface (6) is located on a circumference of the handle member (5). A risk of unintended steering input in a vibrating environment should be minimized. To this end an axis (9) of rotation of the handle member (5) runs through a space surrounded by...