ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,744, issued on March 25, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).
"Joystick having height adjustable button or switch" was invented by Ulla Bjorninen (Tampere, Finland), Vesa Siltanen (Tampere, Finland) and Sami Horkko (Tampere, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed embodiment is a control surface for use in a forest machine. The control surface includes a base panel, wherein the base panel comprises multiple buttons and/or switches to be used with an operators hand. A joystick protruding from the base panel. The joystick includes a handle part. The handle part has multiple buttons and/or switches to be used wi...