Abstract:
A potentiometer-type steering sensor includes a sensor main body fixed on the steering shaft, comprising a resistor coated concentrically around a center of the body and spirally formed in three-turns, a conducting wire coated parallel to the resistor at a predetermined space on the upper surface of the sensor main body, and at leat two terminals respectively connected to each end of the resistor and the conducting wire; a conductive sliding member which is slidable while contacting the resistor and the conducting wire; a first guide plate, which is fixed on the steering shaft and is provided with a guide slot on which the conductive sliding member is mounted to be slidable in a radial direction; and a second guide plate, which is fixed on the sensor main body and is provided with a guide groove which has the same pattern as that of the resistor to guide the movement of the conductive sliding member.
Abstract:
An electric potentiometer including a wiper lever having brush wipers, which upon a rotational movement about a pivot shaft sweep over electrically conductive layers applied to a carrier plate. A resistor layer is joined at one end to a connection layer and at the other to a grounded connection layer. The layer is joined at one end to a pickup connection layer and at the other, via a supplementary layer resistor, to the connection layer. A sliding layer of electrically non-conductive paste material is disposed between the carrier plate and the resistor layer, the latter of which is formed from a paste material provided with carbon particles. The sliding layer is wider than the width of the wiper and the resistor layer.
Abstract:
A resistance transducer with a non-linear characteristic curve, which transmitter has a resistance track with a variable cross-section on an insulating carrier and a slider engaging on the resistance track. On the resistance track on the insulating carrier of a thick layer system at least one additional layer is applied by the same technology made of a conducting resistor substance, and shaped such that it forms a rib which extends in a direction of movement of the wiper, the rib tapering outwardly perpendicularly thereto, and the wiper transversely engages the rib to form an approximately point-like contact surface.
Abstract:
A system for processing a plurality of audio signals to generate binaural output signals. The signal processor has a manually operated spatial position control which provides a correspondence between movement of the control and the binaural perception of movement by a listener at a listening position within an audio signal space. The spatial position control is essentially an electric circuit analog of a particular audio signal space, with means for obtaining variable binaural output signals from the circuit to simulate movement of the listening position in the signal space. One embodiment of the position control includes a mechanical linkage to a plurality of series ring connected potentiometers. The variable outputs from the wiper arms of the potentiometers are combined to produce the desired binaural output signals. The perceived orientation of the listening position in the audio signal space may be changed by selective combinations of potentiometer outputs. Another embodiment utilizes an electrical resistance surface as the analog of the original audio signal space. A probe with spaced apart contacts picks up the binaural output signals from the desired position on the resistance surface, orientation changes being effected by rotating the probe.