Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for controlling multiple functions in a motor vehicle
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Application No.: US15366031Application Date: 2016-12-01
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Publication No.: US10340102B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Michael Bleckmann , Uwe Borgmann
- Applicant: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicant Address: DE Luedenscheid
- Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
- Current Assignee: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Luedenscheid
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: DE102014008459 20140606; DE102014008464 20140606
- Main IPC: G09G5/00
- IPC: G09G5/00 ; H01H21/22 ; H03K17/967 ; H03K17/98 ; H01H51/27 ; H02K33/02 ; H03K17/965 ; H03K17/975

Abstract:
A device for controlling multiple functions includes a switch panel. The switch panel includes control panels extending along a longitudinal extension of the switch panel. The switch panel is pivotably mounted about an axis of rotation parallel with the longitudinal extension to pivot about the axis of rotation in response to manual actuation of the switch panel by manual actuation of the control panels. The switch panel is movable with respect to the longitudinal extension of the switch panel and is fixed with respect to a transverse extension of the switch panel perpendicular to the longitudinal extension. Force sensors respectively associated with the control panels are distributed along the longitudinal extension of the switch panel. Actuation of the switch panel by actuating one of the control panels triggers a function depending on which one control panel is actuated and the force sensors detect which control panel is actuated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170133177A1 Device for Controlling Multiple Functions in a Motor Vehicle Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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