US 12,256,470 B2
Heated joystick
Tevin Mull, Vinton, IA (US)
Filed by Tevin Mull, Vinton, IA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,158.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,817, filed on May 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386416 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 1/02 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60R 16/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); H05B 3/34 (2006.01); H05B 3/40 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 1/023 (2013.01) [B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60R 16/04 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); H05B 3/342 (2013.01); H05B 3/40 (2013.01); H05B 2203/016 (2013.01); H05B 2203/035 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heated joystick device for use with a heavy machine or a vehicle in a cold weather condition, the heated joystick device comprising:
a head component;
a base component;
a shaft extending from the head component to the base component; and
an integrated heating element which heats a surface of the head component and the shaft, wherein a user retains the head component and the shaft while operating the heated joystick device; and
a heated cover that covers the head component, the shaft, and a portion of the base component, wherein the heated cover conforms to a shape of the head component, the shaft, and the portion of the base component, and comprises a transparent covering for the head component, thereby allowing a user to easily view control buttons on the head component for operating a heavy machine or a vehicle.