Christopher D Finck

US Patent:

8230757, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Jul 29, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/181351

Inventors:

Magdalena Janina Nocko - Waterloo IA, US
Dean Arden Boyce - Waterloo IA, US
Christopher David Finck - Cedar Falls IA, US

Assignee:

Deere & Company - Moline IL

International Classification:

G05G 5/08
G05G 5/06
G05G 9/047
B60K 20/00

US Classification:

7447325, 7447324, 74471 XY, 7447333, 74526, 74527

Abstract:

A lever lockout assembly includes a pair of lever supports and a pair of slide supports mounted on a housing. A lever member is rotatably supported by the lever supports. The lever member has a pair of arms separated by a notch. A lockout slide is slidably supported by the slide supports. The lockout slide has a ridge portion and a recess portion. The lockout slide is slidable to a lockout position wherein the ridge portion is received by the notch and the ridge is engagable with the arms to prevent rotation of the lever member. The lockout slide is also slidable to an unlocked position wherein the recess portion is aligned with the notch and the arms are rotatable through the recess portion. A handle projects from an end of the lockout slide. The lockout slide is a rigid bar with a polygonal cross-sectional shape.

US Patent:

20090200436, Aug 13, 2009

Filed:

Feb 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/029091

Inventors:

Christopher David Finck - Cedar Falls IA, US
Bruce Kevin Fryk - Waverly IA, US
Dean Arden Boyce - Waterloo IA, US
Scott Edward Bender - Cedar Falls IA, US

International Classification:

B60K 26/00

US Classification:

248118

Abstract:

The invention relates to a control console assembly with a hand rest. There is a need for a control console hand rest which reduces the possibility of unintentional throttle control lever movement. A throttle control lever projects above a console deck. A dome projects from the deck. The lever projects through a slot in a center portion of the dome. The center portion and a first side portion of the dome are connected together by a side wall which faces towards the center portion and lies in a vertical plane. A thumb-receiving recess is formed in a second side portion adjacent to the slot. The deck includes an upper deck and a lower deck. A depression formed by a finger of the lower deck extends around an end of the first portion and is bordered by a side wall. The depression can receive and support part of an operator's hand.